Hello everybody!

I have been bike commuting for many years, and since I’m getting older, I’m getting sick of lubing my chain, adjusting my derailleur etc, so I’m seriously thinking about getting a bike with a belt drive and a gear hub.

i want zero maintenance.

The problem is that there are not many bikes like this sold at a reasonable price.

So here is what I found:

Alternative solutions:

  • Veer drive conversion kit

    • price: 540€, but I need to add at least a shimano hub (200 €) and someone to mount everything!

  • a bike with internal gear hub and a proper chain guard (thanks to @AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world)

    • since the chain guard protects the chain from rain and dirt, the lube should last much longer

If you know other companies and models that sell belt drive bikes below 2000 $/€ let me know, I will add them to this list. Bonus point if they are available in Europe!

Thank you!

  • plactagonic@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    8 months ago

    I have one universal bike so for me it would mean big range hub (at least 7 speeds) so it is pricier.

    I commute every day and have relatively new bike (few months but it has already few thousand km on it). My chain maintenance was pretty much cut in half when I started using wax based lubes.

    But I know that some day I get fed up with it and convert my bike to belt drive.

    I have bike built on Omnium CXC v3 frameset, the frameset is about 750€ and pre-built is about 2000€. You can get them as commuter or ATB/ gravel but they are currently out of stock.

    If you go for the wax method, I would suggest some drip on paraffin based wax. Hot melt isn’t worth it and bees wax is too soft so it is good for about 150km.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      2·
      8 months ago

      For motorcycles they sell wax spray lube. Anyone tried that on smaller bicycle chain? It creates a very adherent coating.

      • plactagonic@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        8 months ago

        I only tried hot melt beeswax and paraffin blend and commercial drip on lube. I read on some forum that somebody tried it but it was too hard/ it just glued the chain together.

        • BCsven@lemmy.ca
          1·
          8 months ago

          I can see that, it makes what feels like a thin rubberized coating, but motorcycle has larger sideplate gaps so on a bicycle chain probably gums up the tighter spaces