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I was wondering if anyone here has used belt drive on a bike? I'm planning to convert my commuter to avoid the oily-chain-meets-clothing events that commuting in work clothes seems to attract.
This is the system I'm considering:
GE belt drive system
I have hub gears but I'd have to cut the frame to fit the belt....
Would you have to cut the frame every time you needed to replace the belt?
I'm sure you've considered it, but would a chain guard not achieve the same effect without needing to saw up your steed?
Have a look at a Hebie Chainglider.
I've sold VSF Rohloff bikes with these chain guards.
I think for belt drive you'd really be better getting a specific bike / frame - know it's nice to convert stuff but...
..yeah if you can find a bike with an elevated chainstay the belt won't have to pass through the frame. Like the old Alpinestars Al Mega....getting rarer but can still be picked up fairly cheap.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=653919
My plan is to modify the frame by cutting a slot at the drop-out and bridge the gap with a plate which would be bolted on. I can then remove the plate to change the belt. The horizontal drop-out slots will allow me to adjust the tension.
Interesting link recombodna, lots of elevated chainstay examples, but most with vertical dropouts so they would need a belt tension wheel, which is a possibility. A tension wheel would allow a range of belt sizes to be used which would be handy.
not bike specific, but engineering can cross over,many years ago I used to work in an engineering shop, we had huge, 56inch wheel grinding machines,drills,lathes etc. these wetre quite old and used leather drive belts. these belts were sectional, just like a metal chain and had some sort of fibre rivet thingy that held em together, negating the need to cut frames ! we were given an hour and a half to add or remove links dependant on the speed of the operation required. like i say machines were very old, possibly 1930s, and came with a brass plaque advertising shell lubricants that were apparenmtly available in " most comonwealth countries " !!!! Machines were made by a company called Rowland but I fear are prob long gone !
Very early motorcycles used leather drive belts as well iirc
Yes, I think i remember the kind of thing you mean from a sawmill. Haven't seen one on a motorbike, usually you can break the rear triangle by taking off the suspension unit so a continuous belt is OK there.
There is a Roland company still making machine tools; could be the same outfit...(http://www.rolanddg.com/)
Might be same company but not sure,we used em in the 80s in GR Steins brickworks in whitecross linlithgow, used for grinding bricks to make flues and channels for steel works and such like !
Ahhhhh, the good old days !
Also remember emergency replacement fan belts for cars, universal size, you could cut out a lemgth and screw the ends together ! If I remember correctly they were rubbish !
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