# Snapped belt

**URL:** <https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863>\
**Category:** Riders Reports\
**Created:** [August 19, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863 "2012-08-19T12:33:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![one\_half\_3544](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/one_half_3544/32/22_2.png) [@one\_half\_3544](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/one_half_3544)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863/1 "2012-08-19T12:33:20Z")

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After ~4500 km, I think. It snapped during starting on a green light.

Teeth comparison (with the new belt):

One possible explanation of such snapping is [catching of some sharp road dirt particles between the belt and the pulley](http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/302407-Belt-on-a-Strida-service-life).

Or maybe I have overtightened it a little - I have decided that with the heavily worn freewheel it might start popping, so I should increase tension a little to prolong its life. But high tension alone should not result in snapping.

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**Author:** ![Blackstridaaustria](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/blackstridaaustria/32/12_2.png) [@Blackstridaaustria](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Blackstridaaustria)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863/2 "2012-08-19T15:17:01Z")

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😮

Maybe a silly question, but this is indeed the original Gates belt?

You’re sure that it wasn’t eventually bent strongly?

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**Author:** ![one\_half\_3544](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/one_half_3544/32/22_2.png) [@one\_half\_3544](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/one_half_3544)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863/3 "2012-08-19T16:19:28Z")

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> [@Blackstridaaustria](#):
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> :shock:
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> Maybe a silly question, but this is indeed the original Gates belt?

I don’t know. It was on strida, when I bought it. There were labels on it, but now they are unreadable. Do you see white marks on the second photo? That is all what is left of the label =)

The new belt (~33$) has ‘Continental/contitech/Made in Germany/HTD 1440 8M’ label on it.

> [@](#):
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> You’re sure that it wasn’t eventually bent strongly?

Don’t know that. When I stopped, belt end was caught between rear caliper and the freewheel, but it was not reversed.

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**Author:** ![Bietrume](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/bietrume/32/16_2.png) [@Bietrume](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Bietrume)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/snapped-belt/863/4 "2012-08-28T10:13:50Z")

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I think it comes from the overtightening, this extra tension adds a lot of stress on the belt.