Skip to content
Tech News

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

By

Reading time 1 minute

Comments (0)

Belt drives are slowly starting to trickle out into production bikes, replacing chains and improving performance. Of course, for $3,360 I’d hope a bike would kick ass.

https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-bike-chains-say-hello-to-belt-drives-5045414

The District Carbon is Trek’s second bike to feature a belt drive, and it really doesn’t skimp on the features. It sports an OCLV Carbon Fiber frame, making it light and strong. And that belt drive cuts the weight even more while staying clean and never stretching or breaking. But yeah, $3,360. When are Huffys gonna get these things? [Trek]

Explore more on these topics

Share this story

Sign up for our newsletters

Subscribe and interact with our community, get up to date with our customised Newsletters and much more.