doodah wrote:Thorn have possibly been one of the last bike builders coming to the market re belt drive,
I think they'll still try and talk you out of it, I'm guessing it's been introduced to satisfy customer demand, much like disc brakes, those are the sorts of compromises businesses have to make to be viable. The argument against belt drives isn't whether a frame is strong enough, that's just design, but that they introduce more problems than they solve. I'm not making that argument, I've never used a belt to compare, but then I've never felt disadvantaged by using a chain.