Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
Realistically most people do not keep bikes that long. I know some people do, but in my opinion, belt drives are not going away, and may see significant standardization to keep production costs down as well as cost of ownership.
So if you're not even planning on keeping a bike as long as a cheap, standard, single-speed chain has lasted on my bike, then why do you want to go with a more expensive, less available, and far less proven belt design? Based on the bike and your own statements it's not for the weight saving. Now you indicate you're not really interested in long life. And you want to enclose it so you'd be nullifying the cleanliness advantage. What benefit is left that you think you'd be getting from using a belt?