Comments on: Here are 5 Amazing E-Bikes Featuring a Gates Carbon Belt Drive https://momentummag.com/here-are-5-amazing-e-bikes-featuring-a-gates-carbon-belt-drive/ smart living by bike Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:55:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Segue Fischlin https://momentummag.com/here-are-5-amazing-e-bikes-featuring-a-gates-carbon-belt-drive/#comment-126540 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:48:17 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=36851#comment-126540 Great article; here are my technical questions:
1. If the belt cannot be broken, how is it replaced? By ‘purpose-built’ do you mean a bike with some sort of tension release function in order to replace the belt?
2. Can a belt drive ‘shift gears’? Or does it always need to be accompanied with an internal rear hub cassette if one wants gears in addition to electric-assist?

There are clear advantages to having a bike without a metal chain. I have destroyed chains cycling in alkali environments. Difficult to cycle if your links are rusted together solid!

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