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Chainless bicycle

type of bicycle that does not use chains in its drive-train system

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ3407474 ↗
Source-derived summary

Chainless bicycle or acatène 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

Bicycle drivetrain systems

Outline of cycling

References

Anne Eisenburg (October 23, 2010). "Bicycles, Unchained and Grease-Free". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-10-28.

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The public source identifies “Chainless bicycle” as type of bicycle that does not use chains in its drive-train system. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chainless, bicycle and type.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chainless, bicycle and type providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Chainless bicycle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.