cael Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Hi i'm looking for a new dj-bike, but want gears on it. I found a good bike, but it doesn't have gears. How do i know that i can put a cogset on the hub or can you put a cogset on every hub? thanks kl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Most mountain bike hubs will have a big enough freehub body for an 8/9/10 speed cassette. Anything Shimano and most Hope will be fine. But you can also get some hubs that are specifically for single speed and may have threads for a screw on sprocket or just a very small freehub body. There's no real hard and fast rule that will tell you. The other thing to be careful of is the frame/dropout. Sometimes these are specifically for single speed and the bike will have horizontal dropouts and no hole for bolting a derailleur onto. Sometimes you can buy new dropouts (extra $$$ of course) and sometimes you're stuck. The easiest thing would be to link us to the bike and we can tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cael Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Ok thanks for the answer! here's the bike: http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/909807/ If you could take a look at it thanks! kl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cael Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 plus Does anyone know another site like pinkbike.com where they sell (bj-) bikes and parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 OK, so in its current state that won't take gears. Apparently the bike would have come with the part of the frame (dropout) for gears ("includes multispeed hardware") but it's not attached in the picture - you'd have to ask him if he still had it. I don't think his upgraded Halo rear wheel will take a cassette (I.e. the wheel is probably limited to single speed also) but again you'd have to ask him as there are several models. Why do you want gears? I suggest that if it's that important that you have gears, you'd be wise to look for something different. With that specialised you'll spend easily £100+ adding gears. Does anyone know another site like pinkbike.com where they sell (bj-) bikes and parts? http://www.southerndownhill.com/forum/ is really good. Gravity slaves + Descent world are OK but 90% of what is on there will be advertised on southernDH or pinkbike Singletrackworld.co.uk (not so good for jump bikes but good for XC / bike parts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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