Originally Posted by
TandemGeek
a gentleman in Florida has been experimenting with a kevlar reinforced belt-drive system that is nearly maintenance-free, incredibly long-lasting, lighter, and nearly as efficient as chain drive.
That's really interesting - A belt on the drive side would require a different type of gearing mechanism because it has no side-to-side flexibility and can't derail, but since the timing side is a fixed gear ratio it should work great.