In the four-wheeler world, we’ve come to accept that performance cars will have an automatic transmission. It makes life easier for everyone involved. The initial reason to make them automatic was to ...

Few modes of transportation have ever been quite as romanticized, if not outright fetishized, as the motorcycle. As films, books, and other forms of entertainment continue to fuel the fires of ...

Depending on how you look at it, either a lot or not very much has changed about the way bikes shift gears since the mid-19th century. A lot has been refined along the transmission path, in which your ...

When I first hopped on the new Priority Skyline Smart‑Shift e-bike, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I’ve ridden dozens and dozens of commuter e-bikes, some fancier than others, but it’s rare to ...

While automatic gear-shifting for bikes isn't unheard of, such setups typically require batteries that have to be frequently recharged. This is not the case with Shimano's new Q'Auto system, however, ...

As most motorcyclists will tell you, one of the hardest things about learning to ride is mastering the shifting of gears. After all, doing so smoothly involves multiple appendages working in concert, ...

If you've got a bike, there's a good chance it's set up with a derailleur at the rear and a bunch of gears to help you cycle more efficiently. And while that derailleur might be controlled by cables, ...

KTM is the latest entrant to the league of lazy shifters and introduced an automatic transmission system they call an “Automated Manual Transmission” or AMT. BMW, Honda, and Yamaha, all have their ...

Last time I bought a bicycle it cost me $200 and the year was 1976: stainless steel frame, everything else was aluminum alloy on that 10-speed roadster except the sprockets axles and ball bearings.