Originally Posted by
JonnyHK
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.
Boom.
I was imagining that a belt drive system on a low speed vehicle like a bicycle could probably be adjusted better by the human eye and hand (feet?) than any tool.