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@Smallfurry
I run a belt-drive off road, and it works flawlessly. People imagine that small stones etc. can get caught inbetween belt and sprocket and cause the belt to hop off. But this just simply wont happen because...
A) The belt, being grease free, doesnt pick anything up. Even when wet.
B) Anthing small would be pushed through the holes in the sprocket anyway.
C) The belt is bloody stiff laterally, and around 10mm thick. So it wont bend to slip off the side of the sprocket (unless you remove all tension from the belt, its near impossible to get off).