this has been my only bike for probably five years or so, and i haven’t had to do anything with the belt. so far as i can tell, it really is basically maintenance free.

i don’t really know much about belt drives beyond the basics and my own specific bike. i didn’t even know there were different types until ya’ll started bringing them up.

the internally geared hub is a bit of a PITA, but idk if that’s normal, or if mine is just janky. i also have no idea how old my bike is originally, since i got it used from a community bike shop. my hub though has an annoying habit of ‘skipping’ if you apply too much torque, and slipping out of the low gear unexpectedly. i wish it had something like a schlumpf drive with some variety of single speed hub instead.