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21-06-07, 12:00 PM

1. You need to get a dealer to adjust it (when it does need adjusting) and it's not something you could do reliably (and safely) yourself

2. If a bit of gravel/stone gets in there then the belt, the pulley, your bike and your good self will all be a bit shagged as things get chewed up and damaged and it tends to not want to keep moving. Much more likely to happen than with a chain as the belt is wider, bigger pulley makes it run closer to the ground, no holes for stuff to be pushed through...

Many of the bikes that use pulleys and belts have converter kits available to make them chain driven systems... There aren't many belt kits being sold for chain driven bikes.

21-06-07, 12:00 PM	#8
SVeeedy Gonzales Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Belt drive-why don't more do it? 1. You need to get a dealer to adjust it (when it does need adjusting) and it's not something you could do reliably (and safely) yourself 2. If a bit of gravel/stone gets in there then the belt, the pulley, your bike and your good self will all be a bit shagged as things get chewed up and damaged and it tends to not want to keep moving. Much more likely to happen than with a chain as the belt is wider, bigger pulley makes it run closer to the ground, no holes for stuff to be pushed through... Many of the bikes that use pulleys and belts have converter kits available to make them chain driven systems... There aren't many belt kits being sold for chain driven bikes.