Hi The chances of the belt company going belly up ares slim to nil. They have making car belts since the beginning of belts. Having said that I would still prefer a chain personally.
Peter On 25-Oct-08, at 11:14 PM, landotter wrote: > > Looks brilliant on the website. Very similar to what you see in > Europe. The rubberized top tube is smart! It has roller brakes, not > disks, which are very nice and solid state, no external disks to get > banged up. If the belt system gets good reviews, that's a tidy setup > for getting about. That said--any Nexus bike with a cheap bmx nickel > chain used with a dry lube then wiped thoroughly clean is also very > neat and you won't get left high and dry if the belt company goes > belly up. > > Have a look at the Jamis Commuters--they've got a nice Nexus 8 for > about half. > > On Oct 24, 7:12 pm, Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There was a brief thread on this group awhile ago about this bike. >> I'm writing about the 8-speed (Shimano hub gear) belt-drive, >> disc-braked urban bike. Was very interested in it as a commuter bike, >> especially the belt drive aspect. >> >> Trek still has it listed on their web site, but talking with several >> dealers around here (northern California) I got very mixed messages. >> One said that Trek had cancelled it, another that it would be >> available sometime next year, and a third one said that he had never >> heard of it! (Doesn't sound like Trek is selling it very aggressively >> to its dealers.) >> >> Anyone have an inside connection? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
