Method for Operating a Pedal-Driven Vehicle

Abstract

A method for operating a pedal-driven vehicle, in particular, a bicycle, a pedal-driven vehicle, a computer program product, a computer-readable medium, and a data carrier signal are disclosed. The pedal-driven vehicle includes a gear shift and a control unit. The method includes (i) determining an actual speed of the pedal-driven vehicle, (ii) determining a shift threshold for the gear shift as a function of the actual speed, (iii) calculating, by way of the control unit, a shift threshold displacement as a function of the actual speed and the shift threshold, and (iv) operating, by way of the control unit, the gear shift as a function of the shift threshold displacement.

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