oh no no no i mean buyin replacements from the vendor who made it before they stop
Also, manufacturers selling replacement gears are essentially doing the community a favour, because I doubt there is much profit in stocking those (though I could be wrong)
But without those, the gear drives, especially with plastic gears, would age badly. Kind of like picking up a 1972 Lamborghini Miura SVJ that only needs a transmission.
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true enough
Past year entirely on belts with zero issues - no broken belts, not even tension adjustments.
The year before that exclusively on gears:
- Broken plastic gears.
- Having to wait for the proprietary gears to arrive.
- Loose pinions from shock loads, despite being degreased and glued properly.
- Overheating due to not being able to change gear ratios easily.
- Opening for regreasing/inspection is a lot of work.
Going with belts for my next build 
#b264wasright
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The cost of a gear drive is more than double the cost of pullys and a lifetime supply of m5 belts.
There is advantages to both it’s why both are still used .
Belts
Cheaper, larger tolerances, easy to maintain, easer to set up, can use cheaper cast trucks.
Gear drives
Dot get sticks jamming up the system, very little matanance.
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Do you have a link for these?
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See @Boardnamics , I told you you could create a channel truck that used standard skateboard pivot cups! 
But oh my god why did they just leave the other end metal on metal like that
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US $45.69 | 25cm/26cm electric aluminum alloy dual springs cushion skateboard trucks light flexible stable
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Interesting how one truck has 35mm axles and the other one has 54mm axles. Smells like it was designed for DIY esk8 building. Or maybe hub motors
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The board is not CF
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Man when I saw a picture of these I was like SWEET, can put a couple of these under the sur ron and make the middle glow and shit. Then saw the damn price 
I can buy enough LED strips with $50 to make my bike look like Times Square during Christmas and have it be connected to bikes batt.
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The square shape at the end of the hanger is most likely design for the typical chinese hub motor. 
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Belts are great except for the picking rocks part.
Need to 3d print a belt cover…
getting major “spring stabilizer” vibes
Anyone else remember that a long time ago lol
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Thank god, our delivery arrives tomorrow. Lots of Bindings and heel straps and some wheels. Might take a pic of me in the bath with all those delicious bindings 
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Oh please do!
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You’re going to make No Nut November hard for us m8!
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#Tributeme
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If the bathwater it’s full of mbs bindings I’ll get 2 bottles plz
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Where are you riding?
While I’ve had to pick a rock out, I can count the number of times on like 3 fingers. And that’s ever. So, like less than 0.05 picks per year per belt skate
The number of plastic gears failing is more like 2 breaks per year per skate
also the belt still gets you home after you pick the rock out
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