{
 "id": 69832,
 "slug": "schindelhauer-siegfried-road-a-single-speed-road-bike-with-belt-drive",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/schindelhauer-siegfried-road-a-single-speed-road-bike-with-belt-drive/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Schindelhauer Siegfried Road, a single speed road bike with belt drive",
 "subtitle": "Minimal design, Gates carbon drive, completely silent riding.",
 "summary": "I bought a Schindelhauer Siegfried Road in 2020 and rode the first 1000 kilometers on it. It is a minimal single speed road bike with a Gates carbon belt drive that runs in complete silence and needs very little maintenance.",
 "topics": [
  "Amsterdam",
  "Durable",
  "Freedom",
  "bike",
  "design",
  "minimal",
  "mobility",
  "sport"
 ],
 "date": "2020-04-30",
 "published": "2020-04-30T00:00:00+02:00",
 "created": "2026-08-30T07:13:39.947000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-30T07:17:03.099000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "Is the Schindelhauer Siegfried Road a good road bike?",
 "text": "Schindelhauer is a Berlin company that has built minimal, technologically advanced bikes with the Gates Carbon Belt drive since 2009. The Siegfried Road comes with a brown leather Brooks Swift saddle and matching bar tape.\nI wanted a more modern look, so I replaced the bar tape, fitted a Brooks Cambium C13 carbon saddle, black Schwalbe Durano Plus tires and Look carbon click pedals, and installed a power meter and a Wahoo speed sensor.\nI ride it in fixed gear configuration: you are always in the right gear, you just pedal a little harder or faster. It feels connected, almost therapeutic.\nThe belt drive is the perfect fit for a road bike: absolute silence, no chain slap, and after a wet ride you rinse the dirt off with a little water. The minimal black design drew constant questions from fellow cyclists.",
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}