Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Since you asked for opinion, I'll give my honest opinion... There are two things I don't like about it, one is a belt drive the other is eccentric bottom bracket. I think those two gizmos add unnecessary complexity and spoil an otherwise nice bike...What about frame clearance for bigger tires, is there enough room to run bigger tires with full fenders ??
Personally, I like the idea of belt drives but think sliding dropouts are probably better than an EBB. Maybe they don't work correctly with belts. Don't know. I do have an EBB on one of my bikes. It's not a particularly good one but I haven't had any problems with it and it does make getting the rear wheel off and on again a little bit easier. No worries about chain tension.
If you think about it, a chain is a whole lot more mechanically complex than either an EBB or a belt are. I really hope belt drives eventually become more mainstream so that cogs, chainrings, and belts get cheaper. To me that is the big drawback.