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    Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price

    Say Goodbye to Bike Chains; Say Hello to Belt Drives
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    Image of jayteepee jayteepee
    08/27/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    I call BS on the "never stretching or breaking". I've never seen a belt used in any other application that didn't stretch over time. And I have to imagine that the power output of a Pro Tour rider could easily stretch the chain over the course of a stage race. Maybe even over a single particularly challenging mountain stage. Are there any long term tests that bear this out? On the other hand, I do like the idea of a clean drive train. I don't care what kind of lube you use, a chain is going to get dirty if you ride any kind of serious distance.
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    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    for that price i could get TWO segways... but of course, i would just spend the money on a MacBookAir and a kick ass monitor, and maybe some KFC
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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    How's it shift gears? Or is this Velo/City-Hipster only?
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    08/26/09

    @newgalactic: CVT?
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    Image of Stem_Sell Stem_Sell
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    Ahhh... finally I can travel non-cog-neato!
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    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    This would be Trek's third belt drive (District and Soho being the first two). I also noticed Trek raising the MSRP of the regular District this past weekend. Also, this is not a fixed gear as it has a freewheeling rear hub. Fixed gear requires you to pedal anytime the wheel rotating.
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    Image of ProperBritish ProperBritish
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    the belt will wear and break faster than a chain. fact.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/26/09

    @ProperBritish: Doesn't this really depend on the quality and composition of the belt? I'm sure Harley Davidsons and Buells are not popping belts left and right all the time.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 08/26/09 5:04 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    Might be a dumb questions but wouldn't a belt drive only have one speed? Gears on a regular bike let you shift up or down. Isn't this just a $3360 one speed mountain bike?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/26/09

    @RyaninCalgary: It's not a mountain bike. It's a road bike, and as far as I can tell is a fixed gear.
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    08/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Not fixed, single-speed. The teeth of the belt couldn't put up with the braking forces incurred, hence the brakes and levers.
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    08/26/09

    @nexusheli: Thanks for clarifying.
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    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    $3,360 is nothing for a road bike. Serious starter bikes are at about 1000 dollars. If really get into it (or you start racing) the sky is the limit as you try to shave grams of the various components, such as rims. We are talking an easy 5000+.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    08/26/09

    @SuperNumberOne: Bike snobs are the worst.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    My bike's frame alone was 1k+, and it's not even close to being the best one out there, so with all the extra parts and goodies you're looking at way over this, so it's a great price. I now want a new bike, cuz dat is zzexy.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 08/26/09 4:51 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of b0bcat b0bcat
    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    That bike is off the chain!!
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    08/26/09

    In reply to Trek's District Carbon Bike Replaces the Chain with a Belt Drive, For a Price
    3,360 isn't actually that expensive for a road bike. The base models start around 1k, but the one's you see people riding during the tour du france almost all cost more than this one does.
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