No belt drive I’ve assembled in the last few years has needed any kind of service aside from a rare broken belt which is $5 and 5 minutes to fix.
Both gear drives have eaten gears though. Proprietary and hard to get gears.
No combination of words can counter my personal experience of messing with broken gears versus the belts that just work.
So, everyone has different experiences.
I’m glad they work for you.
agreed 
long as it works and we enjoy it that’s all that matters
You don’t ride really hard or have many super powerful boards. You like one wheel drive, your limiting factor is grip.
Not the case for me. I’m going 30+ in Manhattan streets, I need to be able to, excuse my language, fucking stop when I need to stop. Gears give me the guarantee.
Belts are a valid drivetrain solution. Belts are awesome. But gears are not just a dick swinging thing.
#fuck
I locked up a dual belt drive today at 30mph in traffic 
So, I get it. Sometimes you gotta stop.
But how’s the free roll on that?
I never noticed any kind of issue honestly. I know everyone talks about it but it seems pretty awesome to me. I think a ton of folks maybe have misaligned belts or belts that are too tight, but IDK because I’m not looking at their skate.
The ones I make just seem to fucking work. Well, not the first few. But the rest.
Probably on thane, right?
But I’m not gonna derail this thread any longer lol
I have a dual 6374 on 12mm belts and it also stops well. Never noticed an issue, But after trying the bnm1, I have noticed the free roll on my belt boards is shit.
If no problems, will in stock middle of this month.
Dont forget planetary gears like ecomobl. I think those are one of the most interesting and underutilized drive trains.
Imagine a tbdd set powering planetary gear hubs. I’ve been dreaming about it. The benefits of direct drive AND gearing, in a small package?
Maintenance would be rare, and a real bitch.
Only if the user just doesn’t understand how to set the gears right. POM is great. For thousands and thousands of miles actually. And more…
Or the one saying these weird and creepy kind of things just doesn’t understand them? Maybe had one bad experience because he/she just couldn’t figured it out or understand the system correctly? That’s a thing Brian.
You’re opinions are outdated and dangerous. You’re more than welcome to ask me how I know. 
You literally just did it son.
And… I’m proud of you. Brian hasn’t ridden gears long enough prior to giving up on them because he failed to set them up.
Gears have saved my life. Multiple times at high speeds.
Here comes the drama squad
Gear drives… 
Gears=less parts=less things to break.
Gears=less fragile parts(belts)=less things to break.
Gears outlast belts.
Belts have a place. Covered belt drives are insanely superior to open ones, same goes for gears and chains though. Belts aren’t as loud, depending on the exact drives, may be easier to install, and, as Brian said, it’s a lot quicker of a fix on the street if one side stops working.
I don’t particularly like belts, they take up extra space, to make room for a consumable part. I’ve also consistently had issues with how braking behaves on belt drives. But there are applications where a belt board is better than a gear board.
That said, in most of those cases, I’d prefer a small, closed, chain drive, but I’m not concerned with sound.
I think the primary difference is whether you would rather maintainence be easy, or rare.
Are these the 9in version of the hubs?
