Belt drives, they work on motorcycles, so why wouldn’t they work on fixies? A new trend that is tempting the waters of fixed gear biking is belt driven cycles. Your traditional cycle is driven by a chain and crank. If anyone is familiar with motorcycles they are driven by a similar yet totally different system. Instead of a chain a motorcycle uses a belt, which wears after time, and needs to be replaced. The idea of putting these same belts on cycles, is a bit too space age for me, why change when what we have works. Yes I wouldn’t be against giving it a try, but if it turns out to be any more expensive or any less reliable, I’d rather stay with my chain. What else is there to say about it? I guess I’ll leave it open to your opinion, If you give it a try and you find you like it I support you for that, and if you never try it, you still got your chain to fall back on. If you have tried it, and you like it or not, leave a reply to this post, and we’ll see if we can have some information for people who are considering using it when it’s more readily available.
Belt Drives Opinion – Submitted
by Alex on December 16, 2008
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it’ll certainly be a shift, the fact you can’t retrofit it to an old frame without a course in welding makes me think it’ll never catch on
I believe belt drives are less efficient than a chain. The chain is probably the most efficient form of transferring power to a wheel.
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