Gates Corporation is the global leader in automotive and industrial belts and the maker of the Gates Carbon Drive belt drive system for bicycles. Since 2012, Gates has filled the role as the official lifestyle bike partner of the BMC Racing Team – supplying key riders and staff with BMC brand "urbanchallenge" and "masschallenge" lifestyle bikes with the clean, quiet, light, strong and maintenance-free Gates Carbon Drive to ride at home and for commuting at race venues. A little-known fact: Harley Davidson motorcycles run on a Gates belt drive using the same technology in the belt drive for bikes.
