Title: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: hardrockminer on October 16, 2023, 09:40:21 AM Not for motorcycles though. For bicycles. Anyone riding a belt drive bike? How do you like it? Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Steve G. on October 16, 2023, 11:04:06 AM M. I’ve never seen or heard of a belt drive pedal bike or pedal bike retro kit. And to be honest I never would either, as the 38 yr old chain sprockets on my ‘86 Marin Bear Valley bush bike have performed to a level that would not push me to change . Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Galactica on October 16, 2023, 03:45:04 PM Seems to me a belt on a bike would have to have two fixed sprockets. You wouldn’t be able to shift gears with belt without some kind of internal mechanism or variable speed motor.
Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Hawkeye on October 16, 2023, 08:14:07 PM Bikes with belts have a gearbox built into the rear hub. Some have electric shift and can actually be set to a different gear before you start riding.
Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: rz5mark on October 16, 2023, 08:57:59 PM Guy at work has one, planetary rear hub trans. He really like it, whisper quiet and and no lube up your leg....That sounds wrong...
Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: hardrockminer on October 17, 2023, 04:37:26 AM I've been looking at them online. I like the idea but I also like my dual suspension Kona and I haven't seen a dual suspension belt drive. Probably because they have no tension device.
They apparently are good for thousands of kilometers. Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Bucko on October 17, 2023, 03:19:24 PM These are belt drive. Looks like the future to me.
https://pinion.eu/en/c-line (https://pinion.eu/en/c-line) Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Galactica on October 17, 2023, 07:24:54 PM These are belt drive. Looks like the future to me. https://pinion.eu/en/c-line (https://pinion.eu/en/c-line) Intriguing. And very cool. But looks really expensive looking at the competitive mountain bikes. Title: Re: Belt Drive vs Chain Drive - Opinions?? Post by: Steve G. on October 17, 2023, 08:08:34 PM Looks expensive. And that belt look vulnerable to anyone with a pocket knife. |