How easy is it to change a single speed trails bike to gears?

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How easy is it to change a single speed trails bike to gears?

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Posted: May 9, 2012 at 2:57 Quote
as the title said i`m on a pretty tight budget of £250 for a first bike and i wanna get a dmr but here on PinkBike they are all single speed and i`m wondering what the process is for changing it to something like a 9 speed just so i can use it for more types if riding is it a case of new wheel or just getting a cog fitted to the existing wheel. Cheers.

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 9:59 Quote
If they have a SS wheel, you'd need a new hub&spokes + cassette + deraileur + shifter. You also need to have a frame with a deraileur hanger to run gears, most SS specific frames do NOT have this.

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 10:13 Quote
cool thanks for the reply do you know if the dmr drone frame or the flow moe has a derailier mount i think that the dmr drone has one but i`m not 100% on that.

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 10:20 Quote
I believe the Flow has a hanger and the Drone is SS specific, but I'm not 100% sure.
I think a Flow is SS, and a Flow Moe has a hanger. Not really into DMR frames so I'm not sure.

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