Which hub gear did you use, out of interest? I first had a Rohloff on a mountain bike and it was ace (the rubbish Orange P7 sliding dropouts let it down...)
I had an Alfine for a while but never got around to taking it offroad, it was also ace though.
Not trying to shoot you down in flames, but what issues did you have?
I first had a Rohloff on a mountain bike and it was ace
a Rohloff, failed twice due to water ingress 
standard lubed chain 98.9% efficient at any given speed.....The reason belts work in cars and motorbikes is that they are going round and round a tad faster than our legs do !
Water ingress you say? Hmmm, interesting. Any idea by which route it got in?
Any idea by which route it got in?
through the "seals"
pegglet, it's nothing to do with efficiency really, both chains and belts are extremely efficient, so you turn to the other advantages and disadvantages.
Belts aren't there yet, I think, but maybe they will be- once they said they were no use for motorbikes after all, then that they could only possibly be used for cruisers... Chain's a hugely developed product, belt's still getting better.
anyone know where its possible to get a system for ones self? the gates site seems to direct you to companies who just fit them to their own bike.
i've got a kona A which (in the theoretical place where i have time and money) could be converted for shits and giggles...
If you don't oil them I see a commuter market for them
The belts aren't really under a huge amount of tension. When working on some of those Trek city bikes with belts I tried to derail and refit the belt, just for laughs. It was as easy as on a 'normal' singlespeed/IGH bike.
In that case it sounds as if these bikes were not set up properly. The belt should be under a *lot* of tension - enough that there have been problems with the rear triangles of bikes distorting (not something that has affected Nicolai 
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