Time for a dump
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Very nice! I always liked working with biaxial carbon, takes and holds shapes nicely while laying up.
This is my first time making carbon parts and I’m enjoying biaxial, however, in hindsight laying up this G lug was quite ambitious, but I got it done, not perfect but things were learned
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Currently trying to figure out how to do an easy frame split, any ideas/am I missing something obvious
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A lot of the designs we see have a link akin to a horst link, and the single pivot ones like the Gamux bikes have a swingarm that the belt just simply fits over. I don’t think a frame split would be strong enough for the type of bike you’re trying to make?
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Definitely not a ‘standard’ frame split, I’ve got one final trick up my sleeve before giving up and going to chain drive…
Welp, unfortunately I haven’t heard back from veer, so odds are it’ll be chain drive unless I do some sketchy stuff (which would be on brand). I’ve got a few odd jobs to finish off because I get on the cad grind once more… Fun things ahead
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Now I’ve got a question for the internet hivemind, this is my version of a frame split, its very crude and needs some polishing. The other end will be glued, so it’ll rely on the flex of the CF tube to shimmy the belt in and out. Yeah nah?
I could just google…
But why do people want to run a belt for off-road riding? A gearbox I get, but I never really understood why the belt. You never see dirt bikes with belts, only cruisers (okay shaft drives in overweight BMWs)
For a commuter sure, but even then some of the compromises (e.g. split rear ends and it’s harder to change a tube) don’t seem worth it.
Without a convincing argument I would say go chain 
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I mean, I can chuck a shaft drive in
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Why’s it harder to change a tube?
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I’ve heard the belt tension is quite finicky?
Might be hard to set properly out in the wild but I will admit that is pure speculation and I have no first hand experience.
Most well designed belt-drive bikes will have slightly backwards facing dropouts and simply reinstalling the wheel will apply the correct tension back to the belt. I’d argue a wheel change on a belt bike is easier than a chain/derailleur bike.
Generally, this type of split should work for installing the belt. The tube seems long enough for being able to be bent open sufficiently.
The connection should be a lot beefier and have some kind of positioning feature built in where a bolt only keeps it in place. Don’t forget that all the tension from pedaling is reacted directly into this connection!
Forgive me if I missed that, but I can’t seem to find a tensioning device to account for the suspension movement in your design, so how do you plan to solve that?
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