Originally Posted by
datako
The reason belt drives have not been adopted in the bike industry is the need to make frame modifications to do it, and so it is not an easy retrofit job.
Actually Spot makes a dropout with a slit in it to allow a belt to pass through. I think may companies will implement this dropout in the future. Currently the dropout wholesales for $55/ea, hence I do not think the future will come to the market very quickly.
Thanks,
Yan