Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
The bike industry is still in the alpha phase concerning belt drives. There is not enough real world (and non experienced dealling with) belt drives to make long term conclusions yet. Our current drive systems (chains) have over 100 years od use, billions of miles and millions of users to detirmine the broad acceptence of chains. Belt drives are not even a crack in the road, comparitively.
I think the motorcycle world has this covered.