I have ridden a belt drive bike that was a sort of an early proof-of- concept/prototype bike for Speedhound, and was suitably impressed with the quiet-ness and lack of the "mushy" feel I expected for some reason. It is a nice idea, but limited to freewheeling single-speeds and IGHs, which are two drivetrain mechanisms that don't generally appeal to me (this week).
See Speedhound and its innovative dropout system here: http://www.speedhoundbikes.com/ On Dec 4, 10:54 am, jim_OLP <j...@landoloons.com> wrote: > Thanks for those links. I love the belt concept but I was really > unimpressed with the part about it popping off the cog unless > everything is perfectly aligned. After a couple of painful mashups > like Bob describes, how could you ever trust the thing? > > > I don't remember if i've posted these links to this or another group, > > but St. Paul framebuilder Bob Brown has done a belt drive conversion > > to one of his own bikes and written about it. He later broke the belt, > > though Gates said that one was apparently defective and replaced it > > free. The first link at bottom shows his retrofit, and the second one > > has a review on riding it. > > >http://bobbrowncycles.blogspot.com/2009/03/long-time-coming.htmlhttp:... > > > -- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
