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Old 08-16-17, 06:48 AM
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valeriano
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Do carbon belts stretch?

Hi,

I'm thinking about buying a belt driven bike. But all bikes I've seen, have vertical dropouts. Like that:


With chains, it doesn't matter how cautious you are, they always stretch and either the derailleur keeps the chain tensioned or you have a horizontal dropout to keep it in the proper tension.
I don't know much about carbon belts, so I'm worried if with time it will stretch and loose tension.
Anyone knows about that?

Also, recommendation on belt driven bikes until €1000 are welcome. But since this is going to be a daily use bike, eyelets for mudgards and racks are important. Also disk brakes are welcome.

Last edited by valeriano; 08-16-17 at 06:51 AM.
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