Welcome to the home page of First Gear; the new and easy to use software that enables both new and experienced cyclists to

• Choose the right size bike when buying a new bike
• Calculate bike sizes from photos in Internet auctions before bidding
• Calculate gearing to suit your riding
• Simulate gearing for suitability before any capital outlay
• Find ideal chain-ring and sprockets for fixed-gear/single-speed conversions

First Gear is commercial software with a free evaluation period. In addition to downloading and running the program itself you will need licence keys in order to make it work. Here you have three choices;

1. Use the evaluation keys below; the program will have frequent and annoying pop-ups as well as only run for at most two weeks, but is otherwise 100% complete.
2. Become a beta-tester; send me an E-Mail expressing your interest.
3. Purchase a one year licence; send me an E-Mail for current pricing.

The E-Mail address to use for all correspondence is:

Downloading the latest version

Download - First Gear for Windows - V1.04 build 120907, 2.1MB file size
Approximate download time 15 seconds via cable/ADSL or 5 minutes via dial-up.

Evaluation keys (valid until 1-Jun-12)

Start First Gear either by way of the desktop icon, or from the start button (Start->Programs->First Gear->First Gear). The first time the application is started, a registration window will automatically appear. Your registration keys must be entered here. Without keys the application will not work.

Enter the block of keys, below. It is strongly suggested that copy (ctrl-c) and paste (ctrl-v) be used to enter the block in one go in order to minimise the chance of an input error. See note 1) below if you are unsure how to do this.

wQwVzBPEIBpJaOfCxmiWHazhKpYR
yeBYKvVsKiGgxZKwerBpJqIYUAS
EUQhrRevPlMWMirRnuGnEZRuKdV
cgyrtYohJXkiustXxgAgnpJCAXH
myXGwIDmAcuATHwGMlrZlLdQJM
CGLegNbuwkKIHfgKktnnNNZkwVU

Click on the register button, and a window should pop up confirming successful registration. If it does not, make sure you have copied just the keys, and not extra text before or after.

Congratulations, First Gear is now ready to use!

1. To copy and paste first highlight the block of keys using the mouse, then hold down ctrl and press the c key. Click in the registration area of First Gear, then hold down ctrl and press the v key.