how to shift gears on a mountain bike?

[musclecarfanantic]

my mother will be buying a schwinn mountain bike thats originaly 200 now 100 and im not used to multi speed bikes and i wanna teach her how to shift so when do you shift and all im completly cluless i dont really know squat. thanks

 

[Bob A]

Have her watch this, why do you think she can't figure it out on her own.

http://bicycletutor.com/gear-shifting/

 

[Pragmatic1]

move gear while peddling. you cant change gears unless you peddle.

 

[Pragmatic1]

move gear while peddling. you cant change gears unless you peddle.