Originally Posted by
dynaryder
I asked Kinetics about the belt being bent over backwards in the tensioner of one of their Brompton conversions on FB. They said Gates had changed their minds about it. I posted a screenshot of Gates' site saying not to do that. They never answered.
Might vary by belt style, or indeed they did change their mind, because there are a raft of high end downhill mountain bikes this year with belt drives that have an idler, a reverse idler,
and a snubber. They all have a gearbox. Gearboxes and idlers and dh bikes go together like peanut butter and banana and white bread, the belt is rarer
