Originally Posted by
dnslater
Belts have been in operation at much higher rpm's in cars for years without issues..... Easily last 100,000 miles with avg. rpm's of around 3,000....... 300,000,000 revolutions.......... do the math and as long as Trek has similar technology on their belts you should be fine. Consider a 200 hp car is putting out 149,000 watts and a typical biker might put out 200, which is less than 1 hp.
Yah but the belt on the car is UNDER THE HOOD not exposed to UV. ON a bike the belt/chain is exposed to the elements and the dreaded UV. Yah sure the chain guard can help cover up ~50% of the belt but that's still another 50% exposed.
Looks interesting but for me I'm not hating on it but I'd stick to chains more because if anything went sideways I can find repairs in stores or LBS's without issues or try to fix the bike outside store hours. With a belt I hope you don't have any issues outside of business hours and know where all the stores in your areas that are able to fix the belt drive.