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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on June 27, 2012 at 7:33am

There is a furniture store, Haute Living I think, that has some; we assemble them for them here at Rapid Transit

Personally I am not a fan.  Shaft drive bikes have been an on and off idea for like 80 years but we keep sticking with the chain drive which I think says something about how well they work right there...

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Permalink Reply by S on June 27, 2012 at 8:52am

I think if anything is going to replace the chain drive, it'll be something like the gates belt drive.  It's fairly easy to get the tire off with the belt drive, much like with a chain drive.  However, the belt requires much less maintenance. 

notoriousDUG said:

There is a furniture store, Haute Living I think, that has some; we assemble them for them here at Rapid Transit

Personally I am not a fan.  Shaft drive bikes have been an on and off idea for like 80 years but we keep sticking with the chain drive which I think says something about how well they work right there...

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on June 27, 2012 at 8:56am

I've had three motorcycles, one with each kind of drive. Here is the result of my very unscientific experiment:

chain - sucks

shaft - huge improvement

belt - the awesome

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on June 27, 2012 at 9:31am

I prefer the chain to the shaft on a motorbike myself but the belt is so the way to fly on any kind of bike if you can afford it.

Tony Adams said:

I've had three motorcycles, one with each kind of drive. Here is the result of my very unscientific experiment:

chain - sucks

shaft - huge improvement

belt - the awesome

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Permalink Reply by Liz on June 27, 2012 at 9:32am

I think about chain-less bikes from time to time, mostly because it would solve the mystery chain prints that end up all over my arms and legs.  

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on June 27, 2012 at 9:35am

and trousers!

Liz said:

I think about chain-less bikes from time to time, mostly because it would solve the mystery chain prints that end up all over my arms and legs.  

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