Upshifts

If you keep going for about 14-17 minutes your body "upshifts" to a better, more efficient gear. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

A few 8-year-olds were able to hop on the Conquest 24 no problem, but the Shimano STI levers pose a challenge on the upshifts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sport mode a tad hyperactive, with aggressive downshifts and delayed upshifts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A good clench upshifts, while a flatulent release will downshift. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

That way, your system automatically upshifts when the pressure is on. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

But like many big, heavy vehicles employing so many gears, the Kia often behaves as if it's got about half as many horses under the hood because the transmission upshifts as quickly as possible and resists downshifting. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The left paddle is for downshifts; the right, for upshifts. ❋ Michael Frank (2006)

Then again, if you have no passengers, you can rifle through upshifts or downshifts at an astonishing rate--always matching the power output with the terrain of the road, which allows a far more even balancing of the car in corners. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The M5's sequential manual transmission is not happy in a less-than-perfect world, where upshifts happen around 2,300 rpm and not above 6,000 rpm. ❋ Unknown (2006)

More dynamic driving raises the rpms at which the car upshifts, as does each clockwise twist of the drive-mode selector. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Someone who steps on the gas gingerly will be rewarded with quick and virtually unnoticeable upshifts through its seven-speed automatic transmission. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As the transmission expertly upshifts through the first of eight speeds, the tailpipe lets out a thunderous, nearly subsonic blast, unleashing amusement park-worthy acceleration. ❋ Keith Barry (2011)

The automatic also has Shiftronic, allowing drivers to shift from gear to gear sans clutch pedal, if they want to control upshifts and downshifts for a sporty experience. ❋ By ANN M. JOB (2011)

She's press-ganged into a pack of captive hackers and soldiers of fortune who pursue first the virus writers and then, as the narrative upshifts, a bin Laden-esque Islamic terrorist. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Why was she so upset at [breakfast] this morning?" "Well, she is still pissed [about me] upshifting her last night. I guess it hurt really bad. [Oops]." ❋ NedULater (2013)

What was i [talking] about? I [totally] [just] upshifted. ❋ Cptncoleian (2005)