Been considering a belt driven commuter and wanted to see what you all thought. Thanks!

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    6 months ago

    I have one on my daily commute bike to work

    cleaning the chain of my old bike while commuting in rain and winter is a huge hassle and totally worth the higher price of belt drives

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      6 months ago

      What’s your setup? Ideally I’d like to get some sort of mid drive with IGH but I might just pick up something like a Breezer with no motor.

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        6 months ago

        My current bike has no motor and uses a Gates CDX belt drive with a Shimano 8-gears internal gear hub
        I believe thats enough, more gears are not needed

        my older chain bike had a motor and I could just let the motor do the work if my chain got too rusty/dirty which resulted in higher wear (loose chain)

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            6 months ago

            the Shimano Alfine 8 has 3 gears below the direct drive (I think what that is called? the one similar to a single speed no gears system) which is pretty ok for most hills

            interestingly enough the gear translation on the higher gears is quite steep
            while I cruise roughly 18 km/h on the direct drive gear, the next higher one already is more like 22-23 km/h

            the more expensive Shimano Alfine 11 has 4 gears below the direct drive gear and the higher ones are still steep increases but slightly less
            No idea about cheaper internal gears hubs or other brands though