29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff - Bike Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:44:25 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274443 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:04:41 +0000 [url=http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6142794875_15165f802a.jpg]nullVentana El Comandante.

]]> Bike Forum ajr https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274443 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274442 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:23:29 +0000 Jonathan Tompkins - Member
Hi Ade, who made the bike?
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Hi Jonathan it's my own design I produced a set of drawings and sent them to a company in china

]]> Bike Forum adeward https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274442 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274441 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:55:17 +0000 What frame is that on Ringo?
I had slipping issues with a Thorn, and (not as bad) with a Singular. Enough to put me off them.

]]> Bike Forum ir_bandito https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274441 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274440 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:08:03 +0000 EBBs work fine mine never skips a beat and has been runbning belt drive for some time now

]]> Bike Forum Ringo https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274440 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274439 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:56:06 +0000 Belt drives are ace. simple as that. I love mine.

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DSC_0094 by ir_bandito, on Flickr

Just because
Thats why I did it. The silence is outstanding.

Do Belt drives take mush setting up? Is it straight forward enough to tension the belt?
Mine did, because the suspension linkages give a little too much play. but new dropouts solved it (search my history). Gates centre-track system would have helped too.
Tensioning is as per a normal tensionging system, but you do need lots, although not so much you have to re-tension every time you remove the wheel. From my experience of chain-drive bikes with EBBs, I wouldn't trust them. Track-ends with tugnuts, or sliding dropouts are the better way to do it.

]]> Bike Forum ir_bandito https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274439 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274438 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:30:15 +0000 Shand?

]]> Bike Forum bedmaker https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274438 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274437 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:19:37 +0000 That inbred needs an outer plate too. Not a good place to cut it.

]]> Bike Forum andyl https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274437 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274436 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:10:01 +0000 Jonathan - looks like Mark is planning good things. A hardtail on the way, they've a proto 26in, but he wouldn't confirm if a 29er was on the way or not!

]]> Bike Forum julioflo https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274436 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274435 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:43:25 +0000 Hi julioflo, not seen Milk bikes before but they look good, thanks.

]]> Bike Forum JonathanTompkins https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274435 Re: 29er, Gates belt drive, Rohloff https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/29er-gates-belt-drive-rohloff/#post-3274434 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:42:43 +0000 Hi Ade, who made the bike?

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