I never got good enough to automatically select gears. Easy enough to change up and down through the sprocket range
I don't do any climbs because I have a back problem, long journeys but all in the plains, I noticed I am using the same setup 52 { 13, 15, 17}
Only and always the same gears
- tours within the city, 52-17
- urban stretches, 52-15, 52-17
- extra-urban stretches, 52-13
- stretches along the sea or lakes, 52-15
speed between 27 and 35Km/h, low rpm, old steel-frame bicycle, Campagnolo Mirage 1992
I cannot do the same with any
Pinarello Prince, Paris, Razha (worse still with my Monza Wr) with Shimano Ultegra bloody thing, they have a completely different gears-setup, and I have to continuously shift up and down like a deranged dog on speed because I never find the optimal ratio.