Presumably thats the smallest/most compact we’re ever going to see? So hopefully it might get addopted as a ‘standard’?

Trek have a belt drive commuter?

I think there’ll be an element of everyone saying:

“I’ll buy it………….when the MK2 comes out”

Just so many litle parts to go horribly wrong, at least with a mech its well understood, and if it fails going singlespeed is no big deal.

i hope not, i’d like to see something alfine sized built into an oversized bb, would be easy for all frame manufacturers to adapt their current range, would be more conventional looking and in my opinion be more pleasing on the eye.

on saying that, this looks like a step in the right direction though i’d prefer a rapid fire shifter and single cable (or two cables within one outer???) 🙂

The left crank obviously does clear too, look at the crank position in this pic:

It would have fouled her if it was going to. Obviously the cranks have more clearance than they apear to.

At any revs molgrips. You can even use a “quickshifter” that makes it even easier – all you need is to take the load off the box. As the load comes off all the backlash which is always there with gears creates a moment where there is no pressure on the gears and the change can be made without damage or force.