I see that the EBC now have a belt drive single speed. Looks great, though would prefer drops and proper mudguard clearance. Not sure about the colour either for dirty Edinburgh roads.
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Belt drive
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Craig Hardie has a belt driven Trek District which is Brown and White with orange and silver details. It looks awsome. Have a lok at Hardie bikes, he may have a pic online.
Craig's bike has drop bars.
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Was at a wee cycling festival in Balham last month. Milk bikes were there and had a stunning belt-drive bike of a similar "no maintenance" concept to the Dave "high maintenance" bike. Only issue was the white tyres, which think would rapidly turn to black tyres on a no-maintenance bike.
There's a photostream on Flickr of one here. You will see the similarity to Dave's "White Fright"
Posted 11 years ago # -
White is a bit of a nightmare in this city. I have to clean my bike on more regular basis than I would like because I end up with a build up of black crap on it. Sadly don't have the money for a new bike or a respray so I'm just going to have to keep cleaning.
I must admit to finding the belt driven bikes a little odd but I think that may be more because I'm so used to bikes having chains.
I quite like the stripes on the Revolution bike. They're quite fun.
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The colours on the Trek hurt my eyes. BikeTrax had one for aaaaages that they had on increasingly huge discounts until I assume someone with broken retinas snapped it up.
Shame, because functionally it looked bombproof.
White tyres stay remarkably cream, apparently indefinitely.
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The white stripes on my Marathon Pluses quickly turned into black stripes. Perhaps because they were reflective tape and not rubber...
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Aye, I gave up trying to keep mine shiny to the naked eye, although they reflect pretty well even through a layer of muck.
My test platform for the white tyres is my friend's Pashley Poppy, shod in Schwalbe's Delta Cruisers. Rides on all weathers and they're still cream. Not as bright as Wilmington's Sunbeam's will be, by any stretch, but definitely cream.
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I had white walled tyres on my old Raleigh boulder mountain bike - my dad bought them because they were cheaper than the black ones at the time and no amount of begging would make him change his mind. In my defence I was 15 at the time and thought white walled tyres to be the most uncool thing in existence. They did however mellow out to a very pleasant cream-buff colour that actually succeeded in matching the writing on the bike. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Friend of mine bought the EBC bet drive and I have to say its a lovey bit of kit, fast and fun, good brakes and looks good too. really just a short commuter and play-around bike but no worse for that.
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I saw this specialized belt drive, Source 11, in a cycle shop in Munich but two weeks ago http://www.flickr.com/photos/huggerindustries/sets/72157627077760289/
I don't think it is on sale in the UK.Posted 11 years ago # -
My gates carbon belt drive failed yesterday as I cycled up Broughton Rd and MacDonald Rd... Teeth sheering off. Just short of 4 years, 10k miles probably
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10k miles is pretty good thats what 5-8 chains depending how well you look after them. £20-£30 quid a piece and maintenance saved. Now how much is it to get replaced or how much of a faff is it to do your self, I take it the belt its self isn't very expensive.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Interesting. Mine is coming up to a similar age. Keen to hear what replacement costs.
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Yeah, I mind me bought the same bike at pretty much the same time Duncan!
The belt itself is £40 or £60 I hear, will update on final cost once done (but I've some travelling to do first).
I'd be closer to the 8 chains in the same time...
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Posted 10 years ago #
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Thank you very much for passing info on,also a small amount,a very very very very small application of carbon spray helps prolong belt wear,but caw canny with spray,less,if none is good
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