I’m probably buying a new bike in the next couple weeks or so, and am intrigued by belt drives, but I don’t know that much about them. Anyone got experience with them?

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    I don’t have experience and think belt drive is very cool, but a clean and oiled chain can have like 98% efficiency. And gearboxes have less efficiency than derailleur. So for durability and maintenance free it seems great, but it’s not cheap and not more efficient or performant.