Third Time's [NOT] A Charm

Still loving the belt drive, but something weird has happened, not just once or twice, but three times in a fairly short period of time.  Its also something that never once happened with the chain.

When stopped at an intersection, I usually back spin the right pedal into position for an impending take off.  The belt, with its relatively prominent teeth, like to grab things and pull them up into sprocket.  Twice those things were shoe laces, once a pant leg.

The shoes I often wear have rather long laces so a triple knot takes up all the extra lace (almost all).  Despite being short, the loose ends can lay nicely in the belt teeth and ride their way into the cog.  The one day I didn't wear a strap around my right pant leg proved the belt isn't bias toward shoe laces.

BTW, getting the snag undone seemed more frustrating than getting a pant leg caught will pedaling forward.  You can't just back pedal to get loose, as backpedaling pulls the lace/pant leg farther into the sprocket. One must lift the rear wheel and pedal forward, similar to stopping in the wrong gear on a derailleur bike ... except the right leg is right in the pedal's immediate path.  So, its more like standing on one foot, lifting the rear wheel and pedaling forward.  I think I'll just tuck my laces from now on.