As we enter the sloppy period of the cyclocross season, some of you may have suffered from gunked-up or broken shift levers and races hampered by unreliable drivetrains. If you’re on a budget and ...

Cyclocross bikes typically have paddle-style shift levers integrated into their brake levers, like road bikes do. While this setup his its advantages, cyclocross riders generally like things to be ...

I was planning a ride across the Trans-Labrador Highway in Canada in the summer of 2011. While planning for this trip, I was concerned about riding my 2002 BMW R1150GS (review) on the hundreds of ...

In a manual transmission car, every gear change is high-school geometry in action, with a healthy dose of physics. Levers, fulcrums, and angles determine how a shifter's parts harmonize and behave ...

There’s a new mixed drivetrain option in town. Cyclocrossers, monster crossers and gravel enthusiasts have been drawn to SRAM’s roller bearing clutch Type II rear derailleurs for better chain security ...

Shimano Total Integration revolutionized the way we shift our bicycles. Instead of taking our hands off the bars and reaching way down to the down tube to change gears, we could shift right at the ...

As much as I love manual transmissions, I'm not convinced every single vehicle would be better with a third pedal. I mean, what would you really get out of a Chevrolet Suburban with a stick? Clearly, ...

A patent describes a genuine, honest-to-goodness gated gear selector, but it's not a part of a manual transmission.

The shift lever – a device familiar to generations of car buyers – is undergoing a rapid evolution of the sort rare in nature, but increasingly common in the automotive world. Joe White reports. Photo ...