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Internal gear hubs typically (always?) can change gears when not pedaling, derailleur gears can't.

• loeg 7y ago
  And most chain drives are derailleur systems, not IGH, so you're both right :-).
  • dom_hutton 7y ago
    And most IGH systems are chain drive as well, so all three of you are correct :-)
    • basch 7y ago
      if chain includes belt.
• pmontra 7y ago
  My experience with Shimano gears is that if I change when stopped or while not pedaling the change completes when I start pedaling again. The only important thing is to go easy on pedals if starting from still and don't change both the front and the rear gears.
• tinus_hn 7y ago
  As a category of bikes that also can’t do this is quite popular this isn’t a deal breaking issue.