Each of the four review bikes below (reflecting categories that are best suited to belt-drive) delivered an instant ... lacks visible gear numbers (so you can’t tell what gear you’re in ...

A fixed-gear chain does require some maintenance — you sometimes need to adjust the position of the rear axle to maintain proper tension. That’s part of the reason Priority’s bike is a bit pricier; ...

If you seek cycling in its purest form, look no further than the fixed-gear bike ... But instead of a chain, this bike boasts something you’ll find on every Priority bike: a Gates Carbon Drive belt.

The Gates belt drive ... existing bike, or swapped with something else. A look inside the Effigear gearbox One of the differences between the two is the 444-percent 9-speed (maximum) gear ratio ...

And the clincher: it’s lighter than a standard drivetrain. The idea for a belt drive bike came from other industries. Gates had developed high-performance belt drives for everything from ...

If you’ve been following all the e-bike content we’ve been churning ... sticking a rock or piece of metal between the belt and the gear. Belt drives have also paved the way for sophisticated ...

To see what it’s like to throw a leg over this e-bike ... gear ratio. The big advantage of a single-speed drivetrain, at least for me, is that it enables Tenways to go with a Gates carbon belt ...