> learning how to shift gears on a bicycle. I presume you're quoting from the caption: > Jerome Libecki spent more than 300 miles of the bike leg in the wrong

> learning how to shift gears on a bicycle. I presume you're quoting from the caption: > Jerome Libecki spent more than 300 miles of the bike leg in the wrong gear. He had slipped into the Quintuple Anvil field despite having never competed in a triathlon before. I am confident that the athlete knew how to shift gears on a bicycle. Check his bio here: https://www.crowdrise.com/WineWomenShoes/fundraiser/jerrylibecki https://www.crowdrise.com/WineWomenShoes/fundraiser/jerrylib.... It describes an experienced athlete, and it's entirely possible that in the many running races and biking races, he'd never done a tri. However, a tri bike or road bike does not have an indication of what gear you're in. You check it at the start and then mentally keep track, or look down between your legs or around your hips - and it's difficult on a modern 10-speed cassette to look behind you and know if you're in 5 or 6. You're shifting based on perceived effort, which is obviously distorted after a few hours on the bike. So after the race you might look at your cadence and speed records from your bike computer and realize you went faster or slower than you wanted to.