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Why Chains Are Still Better For Bicycles Than Belts

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Lemmy

Feb 22 at 9:26amWeb
Show threadmadnificentFeb 22
TL;DR: Chains are better in tough conditions like mud and are easier to repair. Belts are great outside of these conditions.
Show threadLovesTha🥧Feb 22
@madnificent @mettwurstkaninchen How fragile the belts are shocked me.
Show threadJubilantJaguarFeb 22
Always good to see a setback to the plastification of everything.
Show threadmmmmFeb 22
The thing with belts is that, as it happened with disc brakes, they require of you to get a whole new bike ready for them
Show threadTomMaszFeb 22
Harley-Davidson has been using belt drive for years on its motorcycles. Is the big difference here simply because of the terrain?
Show threadPogogunnerFeb 22
Harley-Davidson should not be used as an example of good engineering choices. Almost every motorcycle brand uses chains.
Show threadHazelFeb 22
Clickbait title, ‘Why Chains Are Still Better For BicyclesThis Very Specific Cycling Use Case Hardly Anyone Does Than Belts’ more like.
Show threadProntomomoFeb 22
I feel like the benefits of belts are marginal at best, if you do t want to buy an expensive belt drive bike and drivetrain, chains are better from the stance of low cost for your complete setup.
Show threadwav3ydaveFeb 22
@Prontomomo @mettwurstkaninchen I find most of the "problems with chains" that belts purport to solve are problems with derailleurs, not chains. Get a hub gear if that's a problem. Doesn't have to be a belt drive one.