My Fixie Was Stolen... So I Built Up Another Bike - Converting a Single Speed/ Fixie to an 8-Speed

So the Mongoose was stolen... and only the wheels were recovered.
But I like building.
I thought, perhaps it's time to move away from building up more fixed gear bikes... and this would be symbolic of a potential move away from fixie builds.
Convince me otherwise.
Specs:
Elops Urban 500 Speed single-speed frame
Shimano Claris ST-2400 levers, FD and RD
OEM wheelset
KMC X8 chain
#cycling #bikemodification #bikebuild #elops #btwin #decathlon #bicicleta #velo #singlespeed

[@mico5018]

sorry to hear your bikes gone, this ones turned out pretty cool though

[@watchesnwheels]

Thanks! Yeah am still in the process of finding the perpetrator. We kind of have an idea who it is, but we are giving him a chance to step forward and return the bike before pressing criminal charges.

[@FruitPunchSai]

Goddyamn clean build. Welcome to the Road bike gang.

[@watchesnwheels]

Thanks, sir. I wanted to see if I could turn a SS/ fixie frame into a geared road bike as an experiment, since I had an old Claris groupset lying around. I won't advise doing the same with an aluminium frame due to its lack of relative malleability.

[@mortlow6688]

First video i see someone build a geared bike out of a single speed frame...😅👌👍

[@watchesnwheels]

Hahaha it's a nice challenge. It can only be done on steel frames, however.

[@GregTheGuitarist]

Personally I would use a Triban RC100 as a better alternative to such build. Yours has a replaceable mech hanger though :D By the way - how are the crank and front derailleur working? I thought they are not compatibile.

[@watchesnwheels]

Haha yes, this was EXPERIMENTAL. I had an old ST-2400 groupset lying around so I wanted to somehow make use of it. How do the crank and front derailleur work? I did cold set the dropouts first, so the alignment happened to be spot on after I put on the FD and crank.

[@manmodu5]

Thanks for sharing your process!
Every considered using a internal hub, shimano have one that is 8 speed for a reasonable price?

[@watchesnwheels]

Hi!
Going into the build, the intent was to keep the budget as low as possible, and to make use of parts I had laying around.
Alfines at the time cost much more than a claris groupset, so installing one would have defeated the purpose of keeping the budget low.
Plus this was meant to be a bit of a challenge.

[@pchykins6680]

8 speed lols - that's 16-speed bro..