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Is it really a belt drive, it looks like a chain to my eyes?
Of course it really is! 
Never noticed one of those on a pushbike before!
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Looks a lovely bike
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Nice looking bike. I am after one as well. What make and model is that?
I am after a bike - something minimalist - I don't like breakl cables or gear cables- make the bike look ugly.
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My current off-road bike
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My younger son has a bit of a pocket money business buying and selling old bikes. This one was £13 with a child seat, which he's already sold for a tenner.
It should go for around £60-75
It should go for around £60-75
It's a Cube Hyde Pro, I like the minimalist look too, a hub gear and belt drive also make for a completly silent ride. It doesn't look quite as minimalist now though with all the usual paraphernalia required for a day ride though I guess you could stick all that crap in a backpack to avoid that. It's weird, they hid some of the cables inside the frame but others are outside held in place with tie wraps and look like an afterthought.
I love hub gears, the ability to change gears when stationary is great, I'm expecting that and the belt drive should see minimal if any maintenance in those departments for a few years. But there are a few disadvantages ro belts and hub gears too. All fine if you don't care about average speeds and things, this bike is not fast.
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I miss my old Renolds 531 frame with shifters on the down tube. I was doing the dunwich dynamo and about 10 miles from the end something went wrong and the rear derailleur decided it liked one particular bit of chain a bit too much and followed it into my rear wheel. The majority of the rear wheel locks up (some spokes make a dash for the hills) and I start going slightly sideways. The rear derailleur is now hanging off, my rear tire is just about intact and I had two hours to make it to the end so I didn't miss my lift home.a bit of 1980s steel here - raised bars for long days on the road (and my knackered back)
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A couple of nice guys I'd met on the ride helped me convert the bike into a single speed and despite a few more snapped chain incidents I finish the ride. The hills weren't fun.
The frame was still ok but most other bits were too knackered to continue and I switched to a cheap modern road bike. Much easier to ride with those new fangled gears, but lacked the sense of style.
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a road trip across the west coast (before we had kids)
and another pre-kids road trip different west coast.
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