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Not many are in to belt drive, so even fewer, read pretty much zero, are in to belt drive fixed.
Possibly just a numbers game. I also remember stuff about the tension requirements to be high enough to damage hub bearings when run fixed. Could be nonsense though, Tester will probably confirm.
Howard-
Yeah I've seen that cited as negatives but I just watched a video of a dude who's put 100k km into belt drives say that he's been slowly reducing the tension on his belt to test and he was running it pretty slack now. He's ridden around the world, up the highest road in the world etc etc
Just got me thinking. A no maintenace town skidder might be a lot of fun with low hassle. I wouldn't really be bothered by efficiency losses but did wonder why others haven't taken up the idea.
PhilDAS
Is a belt drive fixed gear a stupid idea?
I know Schindelhauer and a few others do and have done it but it doesn't appear to be popular. Is it just the cost and people's irrational fear of drivetrain losses?