Bicycle belt drives

Orange and Gates Corporation are working bike equipped with carbon-corded Poly Chains. Here's a sneak peak...

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• bicycle
• carbon
• kevlar
• gates
• orange
• cycling
• belt
• drive
• bicycling

[carltonreid]

CVTs such as Nu Vinci's are available for bikes but Spot and Orange are working with Shimano Alfine and Rohloff hubs.

[electroum]

@G4331 Sounds like a horrendous place to live... what a bunch of nutjobs :(

[MacGyver0076]

let me test one of those bikes, then watch the cogs on the belt rip off, LOL

[TheMountainrage]

That would depend on the design of the belt. Current chain driven systems have fiction points at every chain link, so how would the loss compare. It might end up that the performance is very similar to a chain with minimal maintenance. Perfect for a single speed commuter, even better if you are a winter cyclist.

[RoyKnable]

Actually, your average casual cyclist puts out 0.1hp if they're lucky. If you can find someone who can generate 5 horsepower, he would make Lance Armstrong look like Pee Wee Herman on a tricycle.

[HfxCyclingCoalition]

Probably the worst idea i've seen in regards to biking in my life. HAHAHA!! Cute idea though.

[NoirMusic]

I'd say before putting down comments like this you should make sure you know what you are talking about. Certainly what you said applies to previous attempts at belt driven bikes. I don't think it applies to these...

[rulestein]

LoL, interest? Where can I read the full thing?

[rulestein]

Sometimes that happens to me as well. Like other people said, the idea may have been around already. It is all about who markets the idea first.

[ryanmerck]

Excellent vid, what song is that btw?

[G4331]

Actually, I would love to try a belt drive bike but I live in a neighborhood that has used violence whenever they see someone there with new technology without an HOA discussion. A few years ago, my next door neighbor got his ass kicked by other neighbors when he pulled up in a Honda hybrid.

The windows were busted as well. That's the gated community life for you here at Pine Forest Village in Bluffton,SC. So I would be too scared of offending the neighbors to ride one. I'll take the chain.