Background check belts were an adaptation of existing industrial and automotive belt drives simply adapted for bikes.
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More affordable ebikes use hub motor drives where the motor is in the hub of the bike s wheel.
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Mid drive motors like bosch or shimano systems are in the center of the bike and transfer the.
I ve got a belt drive touring bike and a belt drive tandem sitting in my garage which both have 30 000km on their original belts.
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The history of belt drive bikes.
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They were used on bikes at the turn of the century but the first commercial bicycle with a drive belt was the infamous bridgestone picina in 1980 the bridgestone picina was a folding bike popular in japan but never really sold.
Efforts to use belt drives on bikes date to the 1980s and earlier.
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Mechanical belt drives were used as pully systems as far back as 15 bc and started being used in heavy machinery in the 19th century.
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To put that into perspective a standard derailleur drivetrain will rarely shift well after 10 000km.
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Bridgestone manufactured belt drive bikes in japan through the 1980s.
