The pre-Interbike headlines is hotting up, as well as if it’s this good prior to a Vegas uncover, I’m flattering excited to see what will happen during a uncover. This new belt-drive pattern is a CenterTrack from Gates, as well as it claims to have 20% some-more tensile strength than other Gates Carbon-Drive systems. It is also approach cooler-looking, interjection to the CenterTrack design, that makes it look the lot more like a normal chain-and-cog drive.

Instead of putting the teeth inside a two outmost rails, a brand-new CenterTrack puts the retaining ridge down the center of a spoke and chainring. This in turn makes a drive slimmer, permitting it to fit on some-more hubs, and it additionally equates to which the crap which collects in more convention drives drops out most some-more simply.

The CenterTrack will be in stores next year, as well as pre-installed upon brand-new bikes in 2012. With which gorgeous-looking, corpulent chainring and a possibility of candy-colored belts, total with an almost wordless operation, make me want to try one out upon my fixed-gear bike.

Gates Centertrack [EcoVelo]

Carbon Drive Technology [Gates]