Changing gears on a bicycle.?

Question

Hi, I'm a novice cyclist and was going up a hill for the first time today. I went from the 2 gear to the first, then was over the hill and tried to switch from first gear to second but the chain was still on first. I had to go to the thrid gear then back down to the second. Should I get it looked at or is it normal to go from 1 to 3 back down to 2? I learnt the basics about bike gears from this website. http://bicycleuniverse.info/eqp/gears.html Thank you.

Answer 1

sometimes that happens but it is easy to fix if u ajust ur rear durealer

Answer 2

Sounds to me like you need to take in your bike for a basic derailluer adjustment.