Tag: cable drive
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19th century innovation: The Pony Star
A recent Road Bike Rider newsletter featured a link to String Bike, “a Hungarian-made bike that uses cabling (string) instead of a chain as its propulsion mechanism.” You can read more about the concept, and see an animated video on the website. Those of you who are familiar with Archibald Sharp’s book, Bicycles and Tricycles,…
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Cable drive transmission
Some of you may recognize this chainless bicycle design. The bike received a lot of press coverage when it was new in the early 80s and was even featured on Good Morning America at one point. The bike’s designer, Steven Tidcomb, sent me a link to a page on his website, which provides some historical…