What is your view on belt drive vs stooge open gear drive for Cruiser board?
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gears are good
belts are cheap.
are you good with cheap or no.
Do you like false economics
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based on your other thread
belts are nice and suitable for your needs
or you can go for BN M1 gds, they’re cheap (for gear drives) and relaly good
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I drove bd at my first cruiser and now a sealed GD, i wouldn’t go back to belts because if you got dirt under your pulleys the rip apart in seconds. I didn’t try open GD but maybe i change my old setup from belts to GD. I’m tyred getting snapped my belts too often
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IMO open gear drive seems risky for daily use
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Long thread here.
Really boils down to what your needs are.
@ 45mph you need everything working properly to make that late braking entry, hit the apex and still have good exit speed.
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Thank you guys!
Hmmm…I didn’t see any mention of spacing or braking.
With gear drive I believe you can have a higher gear ratio without worrying about belt slippage and unreliable braking.
I still don’t think they are worth the extra money, though.
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