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trying to find proof that we don't need them, they are shit, inventors should move along and find somewhere else to get their money from.

Tired of stupid "so called necessary, ones you can't live without" upgrades, they can all fuck off

Hub gears have remained popular for over half a century mainly by providing some of the benefits attributed to belt drives, i.e. (in conjunction with a full enclosure chain case) low maintenance and cleanliness, in spite of significantly lower initial drive train efficiency compared with derailleurs.

In this niche, the belt drive looks like a natural progression to even cleaner and even lower maintenance drives. It's not for the likes of us, and nobody is pretending that it is.

I think it's an epic fail waiting to happen for fixed drive, due to the aforementioned foreign object damage (FOD) issue. On a freewheel utility bike, a stone between belt and sprocket will likely stop the user from pedalling before it does any harm. On a fixed, momentum will provide the force needed to destroy the drive train. Check the 'chain guard' on this Buell http://z.about.com/d/motorcycles/1/0/5/6/-/-/1125RBeltDrive_KW.jpg for the precautions needed against FOD