How to PROPERLY shift gears on a bicycle?

How to PROPERLY shift gears on a bicycle?

The basics are explained at 15 minutes and 53 seconds - "Conclusion - the essence!"

- Contents -
00:00 Introduction
00:42 SHOCKING fact :)
02:22 Cross-chaining explained
03:32 The basic principle
07:58 Chainline and 2x cranks explained
09:01 Compact cranks 50x34 problem
12:38 How to shift gears
15:00 1x systems
15:53 Conclusion - the essence!

- Useful links -

If you have any questions, please use the BikeGremlin forum (I try to respond to every comment, but YouTube sucks at notifications, especially when it comes to any follow-up questions):
https://www.bikegremlin.net/

Gears ("gear-inches"), cross-chaining, and overlapping gears explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/104/bicycle-gear-ratios-speeds-gear-inches/

Chainline explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1755/bicycle-chainline/

Pros and cons of 1x systems:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/6075/pros-and-cons-of-1x-groupsets-systems/

How to safely start & stop with a bicycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcCchmVujo

The shirt! :)
https://shop.bikegremlin.com/product/tshirts/writings/a-good-mechanic/

List of all the BikeGremlin videos, sorted by categories:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/youtube/

Camera & editing: Srdjoni from 2bike.rs forum
Thank you, doctor! :)

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