If you’ve been considering buying your first ebike — or perhaps your second or third — chances are you’ve come across some models equipped with a belt drive instead of a traditional chain. But what ...

Shift Drive instead utilizes a rear cog that incorporates several separate sprocket-toothed elements arranged side-by-side to form a ring. Each element can independently swivel 180 degrees relative to ...

Gates Industrial Corporation, a pioneer in belt-drive technology commonly seen in motorcycle, electric motorcycle, and e-bike applications, has released massive updates to its Carbon Drive product ...

Gates Carbon Drive is already a leading supplier for many electric motorcycles, but the company’s new MudPort innovation is likely to expand the company’s dominance, especially for off-road electric ...

If you’ve been following all the e-bike content we’ve been churning out on InsideEVs, you’re well aware that today’s e-bikes are so much more than bicycles with motors strapped onto them. Consumers ...

There are a number of advantages to serpentine-belt systems compared to conventional V-belt accessory drives. Serpentine drives require less belt tension due to their larger contact area, which ...

Serpentine drive belt systems have been standard equipment on new vehicles for quite some time. Much more efficient than multiple V-belt drives due to reduced friction, a single, flat drive belt also ...