As much as I love manual transmissions, I'm not convinced every single vehicle would be better with a third pedal. I mean, what would you really get out of a Chevrolet Suburban with a stick? Clearly, ...

I was planning a ride across the Trans-Labrador Highway in Canada in the summer of 2011. While planning for this trip, I was concerned about riding my 2002 BMW R1150GS (review) on the hundreds of ...

As we enter the sloppy period of the cyclocross season, some of you may have suffered from gunked-up or broken shift levers and races hampered by unreliable drivetrains. If you’re on a budget and ...

One year ago, on September 29th, Kia America Consumer Affairs received a complaint involving a rollaway incident after a child moved the gear shifter from park with the engine off. The South Korean ...

Many modern cars have replaced the usual PRNDL gear shifter with fancier designs. But technology isn't the only reason for ...

Some car controls have become so perplexing that they might even be dangerous. There's been speculation that such confusion might have played a role when a Metro-North commuter train crashed into an ...

The Blue Oval has a design for a next-gen gear lever that does more than appeal to driving enthusiasts.

One Street Components' Bike Shift Lever is a basic gear shifter made from scrap aluminium, a bottle cap, a hose clamp, and a common bolt and nut. It's designed to offer simple, cheap and reliable ...

DETROIT - Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers. The recall covers 883,000 cars from the 2011 through 2014 model years. The Korean automaker ...

I tested the Audax without the Gevenalle-supplied shift levers, which meant I used my own existing shift levers (9-speed Shimano) from a prior barcon setup. Moving to the current millennium, it was to ...

Shimano Total Integration revolutionized the way we shift our bicycles. Instead of taking our hands off the bars and reaching way down to the down tube to change gears, we could shift right at the ...