10 Responses to “Thor USA Custom Belt Drive Dahon”

• Alex says:
  

  When I saw the title I was thinking there must have been frame surgury to get the belt in there, but with just the single set of stays, there’s no need.

  Posted on 3.11.10 at 9:02 pm
• David F says:
  

  I’ve been toying with that idea for a while now, just battling to decide if I should do a lightweight single speed Mu, or a more versatile hub geared version. Glad to see it works fine clearance wise.

  Posted on 3.12.10 at 3:08 am
• Zen says:
  

  Can you buy this? I don’t understand that website too well. Would you have to buy the MU XL Sport and get the Gates belt drive as an upgrade? Any idea about costs? This is pretty much a bike that I have been looking for. Are there any other folders that have a 7-9 speed hub with a belt?

  Posted on 3.12.10 at 8:17 am
• Alan says:
  

  @Zen

  It was a one-off. I’d contact Thor at the following address to see if he’ll build another one for you:

  sales@thorusa.com

  Alan

  Posted on 3.12.10 at 8:21 am
• Ian says:
  

  Bernds also have production folding bikes which have Gates belt drive with either Shimano or Rohloff hub gears: http://www.bernds.de/innovative.html

  Posted on 3.12.10 at 2:44 pm
• Eddie says:
  

  Abio is a line of relatively low cost folding bikes that feature a belt drive coupled to a 3 or 4 speed Shimano Nexus IGH: http://www.abiobikes.com/

  Posted on 3.12.10 at 3:42 pm
• jnyyz says:
  

  Given that the cheapest front,rear cog and belt combination at Universal Cycles is $325, this upgrade is not going to be cheap.

  http://www.universalcycles.com/search.php?q=gates

  Posted on 3.13.10 at 1:05 pm
• Mike says:
  

  Check out http://www.abiobikes.com they both a belt drive and shaft drive on folding bikes.

  Posted on 4.22.10 at 8:45 am
• Mike says:
  

  Check out http://www.abiobikes.com we have both a belt drive and shaft drive on folding bikes.

  Posted on 4.22.10 at 8:56 am
• Jeffrey Allen Randorf says:
  

  I wonder if that rear Shimano hub is the stock (normal) one. I would expect that to be so. So would that new Shimano 11-speed be a drop in? I wonder if the 8-speed and 11-speed Shimanos are different in how they attached to the Gates Carbon Drive Systems and the rear fork of the Dahon? I need to know before I purchase this bike with a belt of a Ti Brompton (alas, with no belt).

  Posted on 8.25.10 at 5:17 pm