Priority Belt Driven 3

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Tell me what you think of this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dweiner/maintenance-free-bicycles-that-make-cycling-easy

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Jul 31, 2014, 7:48:05 PM7/31/14

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I'm sure there is a market for such a bike, Cynthia, but I'm not in it. The 3 speed Nexus hub is durable, but limited range for heavy loads or steep terrain. Belt drive is tempting, but I'd need an eight speed hub and a two speed bottom bracket to consider it. That would necessitate disc brakes, like on your bike.

That saddle on an aluminum frame would be comfortable for a few hours each week, but it would kill you at six to eight hours per day. I still prefer the ride of a steel frame and I'm willing to make the extra effort to avoid rust. If I could afford a leather saddle, that would be my choice. I suspect Mr Weiner will succeed, but I won't be buying his product.

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From: ron toppi <ronbike...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [B4P] Priority Belt Driven 3 - Speed bikes
To: HQ <hq2...@gmail.com>

Well, so much I could say and pick apart all of their points of sale, but bottom line is there is a reason why bicycle companies have not switched to belt or drive shaft, that is that a chain is much more efficient in the application of a bicycle and gear changing. There are some decent internal gear hubs out there, but they do not offer the same gear ranges as a chain and deraileur system and the good ones are sooo expensive. Also, contrary to their sales pitch, belts are vulnerable to weather, they can dry rot (crack and split), slip in wet conditions and they do stretch.

Just their marketing scheme of promoting a "maintenance free" bicycle, there is no such thing, they will need maintenance; brake adjustments, cables and housing, bearings, wheel truing, ect. Beware of the gimmicks!

But, it could be a fine bike for a lite user who wants to move around town, go to the park and the grocery store or movies.

A few years back there was a similar bike to this that came out and was a mail order deal, it was called the "Auto-Shift Bicycle". It was a nightmare for shops around the country. The auto-shift system did not work, they offered no tech support in the way shops/dealers. We had 10 or so come in over a period of time and had the unfortunate news for folks that their bike was not a good a bike. I did sell a couple of folks on bikes in our shop.

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