There was a thread about the belt-drive Trek Soho on a commuting forum that I occasionally participarte in. Three Soho owners chimed in and two of them said that after a period of time, their belts became very loud. Gates worked with one of them (through their Trek dealer) and they were able to quiet the drive on a couple of occasions but the noise continued to recur. I like the concept of the belt drive but that would be a deal breaker for me.
Shaun Meehan On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
