Originally Posted by
mconlonx
If you simply must build a belt drive, do yourself a favor and use vertical dropouts with either an EBB or sliding dropout system. Messing around with belt tension and alignment would be a side of the road nightmare; vertical d/o's make wheel replacement real easy.
Not so hard.
Sit on ground with one foot on each crank, hold wheel with one hand and push the legs to tension. Use free hand to tighten up axle nut on one side, swap hands, check wheel is straight, tighten other nut. Spin wheel to check. Ride on.
Took me about 5 mins. I'd need to do at least that much messing about with sliding dropouts.