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Re: Belts vs. Chains

there are lots of factors that are common for both chain and belt:
stretch, slippage, tension, surface area on the pulley/sprocket, weight, maintenance, and load capacity.
Gates has a good informative page(albeit a bit biased i think ) on the pros and cons of belt and chain drive systems.
it seems that chain is a more forgiving design wise, allowing for some mistakes in tensioning and load distribution.