Can we add additional Gear to Decathlon My Bike

[Shivakumar Naidu]

Dear All

    Can we add additional Gears to Decathlon My Bike, will be usefull for adding Gears to my bike, kindly difference between Gears & Single Gear. Already i am using My Bike i am looking to Add Gear to Decathlon My Bike. so kindly suggest me friends.

[Sanjay CR]

Hi 

Yes you can, the best is to convert your rear wheel to a HUB gear, easy and low maintenance comes from 3 gears, 7 gears, 8 gears, 11 gears depending on your budget.

All you have to do is change the existing hub of the rear wheel to HUB Gear Hub and spokes.

Use google to find and explore more about these options, Shimano Nexus is a proven Hub technology.

Hope this helps

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Shivakumar Naidu <shivakum...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All

    Can we add additional Gears to Decathlon My Bike, will be usefull for adding Gears to my bike, kindly difference between Gears & Single Gear. Already i am using My Bike i am looking to Add Gear to Decathlon My Bike. so kindly suggest me friends.

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[maheshv]

 

Not that easy

Internal Gear Hubs are wider than regular non geared hub. So the rear has to be extended to do so.

Internal Gear hubs may require some maintenance as well - though most manufacturers claim not - but derailleur based system is more simpler and fixable

[Anil Kadsur]

Shivakumar,

Why you would like to add gears to it?

anil s kadsur

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Shivakumar Naidu <shivakum...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All

    Can we add additional Gears to Decathlon My Bike, will be usefull for adding Gears to my bike, kindly difference between Gears & Single Gear. Already i am using My Bike i am looking to Add Gear to Decathlon My Bike. so kindly suggest me friends.

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[Pradeep Naidu]

"Why you would like to add gears to it?":... Because he doesn't have gears on his bike...oops

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[Anil Kadsur]

Oh no....i didn't know only, i think that is why i could able to ride 300 kms on it, thinking it has gears!!!

anil s kadsur

http://kadsur.blogspot.in/

[Promise Gangani]

Now i would like to take Pradeep's side... ;)

He need to adds gears bcz he is not Anil Kadsur... :D

[Sanjay CR]

+1

[Shankar Shastry]

From what I know, the mybike rear spacing is quite wide and maybe as wide as 135mm, standard spacing for MTB. I wonder if we could screw on a 7 speed freewheel on it and some twist shifters etc.. Hub gears are gonna be so expensive that you wish you'd bought a bike with hub gears instead of investing in a low end singlespeed MTB.

[Shankar Shastry]

However, there is the issue of the drop out/ RD hanger - I'm not sure if we could just cut it up and/or weld an appropriate vertical dropout. 

Considering all this, I have no doubt that including a 3 speed front is a much easier task and would involve sourcing the following

1. New 3/5 speed chain - Rs.200 approx cost (Hero)

2. Btwin triple MTB crank - Rs.1500-1600 give or take

3. Shimano tourney FD - Rs. 300-500 give or take

4. 3 speed front shifter - Rs. 500-1000

5. Cables and housing for the FD

Tools required would be the following

1. Crank puller

2. Cable and housing cutter (Or bolt cutter, if you are like me)

3. 14mm socket wrench (bit) and/or bit rod (to take out the existing crank bolt)

4. Allen keys 8mm, 6mm, 5mm, 4mm and 3mm

Still, even considering you would have all the tools, at 2.5k INR, I don't think its a worthwhile upgrade.

Regards,

Shankar