Theoretically a belt drive makes for a great upgrade to a bicycle, as it replaces the heavier, noisy and relatively maintenance-heavy roller chain with a zero-maintenance, whisper-quiet and extreme…

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 6 months ago

I feel like a better title would be “When chains are better for bicycles than belts.”

There’s absolutely people who don’t ride in these conditions or these purposes that a belt is an amazing, cheap, low maintenance, high mileage alternative to a chain.

Argumentative language and blanket statements are only good for marketed social media engagement, not correctly informing people.

  • source