Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

Is a timing belt allowed. I know the directions say a flexible woven, braided, or twisted strands but is a timing belt within those parameters?

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

I'd ask the Q&A, as the rules are written currently my opinion is that it would be legal as the most timing belts contain strands of braided kevlar with a nitrile or urethane outer layer. This is close enough to the way synthetic ropes are made if you consider the outer layer a "strand".

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

The outer rubber would certainly not be considered a braided or woven fiber. But, QandA it.
You'll probably get a null answer.

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

i doubt this would be legal, actually, as the "coating" which happens to have a tooth shape is beyond the last 4 inches of rope. The rule says "entirely" made of fibers/filaments/strands, not just that it contains them.

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

The coating is flexible and being a plastic doesn't necessarily negate it from being a legal strand as a synthetic rope is also a plastic and they don't specify the size of the strands. It really depends on your interpretation. Anyway I expect the Q&A to clear a lot of this up (I'd bet the answer is no)

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

A timing belt does not consist entirely of fibers. You could get into argument that technically a polymer is a mass of twisted "fibers" of molecules, but since we're dealing with the macroscopic scale here I would expect that to be a "no".

I'm more interested in whether or not they clarify whether or not "width" actually means "diameter" and thus throws out webbing or Velcro methods.

Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
 

The manual showed strapping though. That would be a more severe change than usual.