Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: zen cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: belt drives Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:13:55 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:13:56 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="aaf89ce912b9b0a925e075e9130b2f07"; logging-data="1891229"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19RJEbSUE65aWYW4edLHVkorP3jxsWG7pM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:h4rLbziyVd633z/TiX67KUxeQuQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: On 1/27/2025 7:27 AM, Roger Merriman wrote: > > > 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? > > Roger Merriman > Gates drive has been around a while, generally good reviews. The idea of having an 'accessible' rear triangle seems troublesome to me though. They advertise a model of the drive made for "people who ride off road all year". I'm guessing with some design diligence riding in the muck isn't much of an issue.