It looks to me like the seat stay and chain stay ends are sandwiched together where they meet at the eccentric drop out. Maybe when you take the wheel off you can disassemble the connection of the chain and seat stays spread them apart to get the belt between them.
Derek Paschal ----- Original Message ---- From: Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 3, 2008 12:28:25 PM Subject: {BL} Re: Hammerschmidt 2 speed planetary gear crank John Riedeman wrote: >Looks like the big boys are looking at belt drives.... > >http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2008/tech/news/10-03/gallery-10-03 > Interesting. What's not clear from those pictures is how you get the belt (which is endless) around the frame. All the belt drive bikes (and there were several of them) that were on display at the Hand-Built Bicycle show in Portland earlier this year had splittable chain stays, usually using something that looked like a small S&S coupler. Also, a belt drive bike needs some way to clear mud, sand, and other gunk from the belt. Usually done with hollow chainwheels and rear drive sprockets. Looks like that bike might have these, but it's hard to tell from the pictures. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
