Chainless bicycle
{{Short description|Bicycle that uses a drivetrain other than a traditional metal chain}}
A chainless bicycle is a bicycle that transmits power to the driven wheel through a mechanism other than a metal chain.
Examples
- Directly driven bicycle (see penny-farthing and unicycle)
- Shaft-driven bicycle
- Belt-driven bicycle
- Hydraulic bicycle (and pneumatic bicycle)
- Hybrid vehicle (see series hybrid bicycle)
- Some rowed bikes use a cable or a linkage.
- Stringbike the pulley-driven Hungarian designed bike
See also
References
- {{cite news | newspaper= NY Times | date = October 23, 2010 | author = Anne Eisenburg | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/business/24novel.html | title=Bicycles, Unchained and Grease-Free | accessdate = 2010-10-28 }}