Convert single speed, steel framed, vintage track bike to geared Is there any way to convert a steel framed single speed vintage track bike to a geared bike? I have a track bike with only the rails for the wheel but I've moved out of the city and there are more hills where I am now living so would like to convert to gears if possible and rather than buy a new bike, save some cash. this is actually the bike. Apologies for the butchering of its style in this form. sorry don't have a closer pic at the moment. I don't have the bike at my home and cant get to it due to lockdown :( ![enter image description here](

The bike in the question is not what is considered as "track drop outs".

For that bike, depending on the rear wheel spacing, it should be relatively easy to convert back to geared.

I would suggest, leaving the front as a 1x system. This is subjective, but I would just get a relatively moderate ring on the frontm between 40t to 46t depending on how hilly the area is.

If the rear dropout is 126mm, then you could either get a wheel to suit, this is an old standard, or you could get a newer 130mm wheel, although how well this works, depends on a few factors.

You could get get a mech hanger such as this

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Which sits at the rear of the dropout.

Alternatively, you could go down the internal geared route.

Both options have their own pros and cons.