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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: belt drives
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:15:58 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:13:55 -0500,
  zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  On 1/27/2025 7:27 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> > <https://youtu.be/OlDYHoiqpew?si=dxpa83lxcQxIBEO5>
> > 
> > That Ben Denlaney has a new Gravel bike on test with a belt 
> > drive, and his “pub bike” which has belt drive, and the good 
> > and the bad with such systems. Ie punctures are faff and I 
> > guess weight to a degree, ie hub vs derailleur systems.
> > 
> > Though touching wood I’ve found Gravel tyres with tubeless 
> > fairly reliable particularly considering that one is riding 
> > fairly challenging terrain on paper thin tyres!
> > 
> > Certainly considering how much of puncture fess tubes on 
> > Gravel is or was! Tubeless generally solves that, so would 
> > largely remove that problem.
> > 
> > Though I’m not sure if belts like mud and muck I have vague 
> > memories of MTB belt drives not performing that well in such 
> > situations?

>    Gates drive has been around a while, generally good reviews. 
>  The idea of having an 'accessible' rear triangle seems 
>  troublesome to me though.

The Gates belts have been used for at least a decade for timing on 
tandems.  They're pretty common with folks who have high end 
bikes.  Most seem pretty satisfied with them.  I haven't been 
convinced to go that route myself, though.

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA