Carbon Drive Belt Tension Tool 4+
Gates Carbon Drive
Gates Corporation
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Gates Carbon Drive is the high-tech belt drive for bicycles, motorcycles, & scooters. This app measures belt tension sonically. Just pluck your belt like a guitar string and use the microphone on your phone to read the vibration frequency. Compare your bicycle belt’s frequency to the included chart to see if you need to adjust the tension. For scooter/motorcycle tension recommendations, compare to your vehicle owner’s manual.
Other available features for bicycles:
Interested in key parameters of your bicycle belt drive like speed ratio or center distance? Want to know what belt lengths or sprocket sizes will fit your bicycle? What about comparing one bike to another to tweak your ratio perfectly? With our calculator, you can stay on top of the perfect setup for your drive.
- Find key parameters of your drive such as speed ratio and center distance.
- Change belt length or sprocket sizes to better suit your riding needs.
What’s New
Version 2.7.6
- Updated belt length options
- Added Custom functionality on the Calculate tab for specialty drive calculations
- Added calculator memory so that selected values are maintained while moving back and forth between tabs
Ratings and Reviews
Tip for more consistent readings
I have found that if you rest the smartphone firmly against the chainstay of the bike whilst taking the readings the results are better. My theory is that the bike frame helps to slightly amplify the sound of the belt. Ideally use a smartphone that has a soft case - eg leather or silicone so as not to introduce additional vibration noises. Be sure also to orient the phone so the microphone is still close to the belt as per existing guidelines.
Further tip - when first open the app and go to the test mode - immediately mute the microphone using the on-screen microphone switch in the app until you are ready to proceed with the belt-plucking. Feel free to repeatedly mute whilst rotating the crank to different position as Shimano IGH hubs will make noise when back-pedaling in certain gears.
The previous one was so much better
The previous version of this app was amazing.
I used it on car and motorcycle belts.
This latest version is utter rubbish. The best of three system throws some amazingly wild results to the point you lose faith in this app and just go looking for another.
I’m not risking my engine to this app. No way.
Id say to anyone just avoid this app in its current guise, whereas a year ago id have recommended it to anyone.
I’d really just stay clear and as said, no way I’d risk an engine rebuild because of this now currently substandard product.
Gates- please look at what last years app was doing and try and analyse where you’ve gone so wrong.
Old version much better
The new update off this app is utter crap they really need to update to older version
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Information
- Provider
- Gates Corporation
- Size
- 90.3 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Gates Corporation
- Price
- Free