Welcome to SHIFT Basics, a collection of tips, explainers, guides, and advice to keep you up to speed with mobility tech. In the early days of motoring, cars didn’t have the standardized three pedals, ...

When it comes to music recording hardware, one could argue that Universal Audio has created more powerful products for a wider variety of artists than any other company in the industry. With a history ...

One of the highlights of the Civic Type R is its manual gearbox. Not just the shifter itself, because a good manual is a full-body experience, the action of the lever, the shape of the shifter, the ...

A "suicide shifter," or "suicide clutch," is a slang term for a foot-operated clutch pedal with a hand-operated gear shifter on a motorcycle. It operates similarly to a manual transmission on a car or ...

Adjusting to it takes time and a fresh mindset. Beyond the calm ride and lightning-fast acceleration, EVs introduce features ...

“I like to ride. Fixed gear, steel frame, no brakes. The bike cannot coast. The pedals never stop turning. Can’t stop. Don’t want to either.” It’s kind of a silly movie, but with those six sentences, ...

If you've done any research on current cars, you've probably seen references to dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs). And you might well have asked yourself, "What is a DCT? What is a dual-clutch ...