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SHIFTING SYSTEMS. Changing gears on a ten-speed can be difficult and dangerous. Riders have to look away from the road to see and adjust the shift levers. If a cyclist tries to change gears while standing up to climb a hill, the chain -- and rider -- can slip. "Gear fear" is the main reason why "so many of the ten-speeds that were bought in the cycling boom in the '70s are hanging in garages," says Fred Zahradnik, technical editor of Bicycling magazine. But with new index shifting systems from companies like Shimano of Irvine, Calif., he explains, "you just...