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Looking at getting a new commuting bike and have decided to go belt drive
All the off the shelf bikes i would be changing most parts anyway so looking to build a bike up
I am struggling to find many belt drive frames available if anyone could help?
I would like something light as possible as will be single speed
Van Nicholas Yukon Rohloff, or if you don't want drop bars, any of their Rohloff compatible frames have the split seat stay you need and ebb.
Thanks for the suggestion
Should of mentioned i am looking for a disc frame and hoping to build the complete bike for £1000
At that price point I’m pretty cerrtain you’ll be better off buying off he shelf and changing parts. Belt and sprockets are expensive after market - I’m guessing huge OEM discounts.
What bikes are you looking at?
The problem is most bike are alfine put i will be converting to SS so will need different sprockets, belt and rear wheel to begin with.
Looking at fairfax sc4, cube hyde, ghost square, scott elite, focus planet etc
Would ideally like something like canyon commuter or bmc alpenchallenge but out of price range
Also looking for a light frame but difficult to find out weights of complete bike never mind frame
anyone?
My BMC MC01 is awesome but was massively overpriced in the UK by Evans. (I bought S/H from a guy who moved here from Germany)
The frame would be epic if you can find one.
I got a Dialled Love/Hate single speed converted by Ben Cooper at Kinetics in Glasgow. He put a splitter in the rear triangle and I ordered the Gates parts (chainring, belt and sprocket) via a relative in the US and built it up with parts, new and old. I'd suggest that you find a 'conventional' singlespeed that you like and then get the frame modified and buy the belt-drive parts from Gates. Certainly doable for under £1K depending on what you go for. Here is a link to a photo of mine:
[url= https://photos.app.goo.gl/e2Mk6TrKkXnQJL6X2 ]Dialled Love/Hate belt-drive commuter[/url]
Soma B Side is 650b HT & can be bought as belt drive IIRC..
What is the attraction of belt drive over a chain?
Less maintance, cleaner, lighter, no neee to adjust tension once set as doesnt stretch like a chain
Still struggling to find the right bike and now cant decide to go drop bar or flat