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unusual facts about chain drive


Chain drive

The Frazer Nash chain drive system, (designed for the GN Cyclecar Company by Archibald Frazer-Nash and Henry Ronald Godfrey) was very effective, allowing extremely fast gear selections.


Actuator

Wheel and axle: Hoist, winch, rack and pinion, chain drive, belt drive, rigid chain and rigid belt actuators operate on the principle of the wheel and axle.

Janémian

Built by a M. Janémian in Bièvres, Essonne, they had rear engines, transversely mounted, with chain drive to the rear wheels which were set closely together.

Matchless Silver Arrow

In late 1929 Matchless launched the Matchless Silver Arrow, a cast iron head monoblock SV, 400 cc, narrow angle transverse18° V-twin motorcycle with chain drive designed by Charles Collier.


see also

Harry John Lawson

His efforts were described as the "first authentic design of safety bicycle employing chain-drive to the rear wheel which was actually made", and has been ranked alongside John Kemp Starley as an inventor of the modern bicycle.

Timeline of motorized bicycle history

1903 –1962 The "Shaw Manufacturing Co." () of Galesburg, Kansas advertises an 241cc chain-drive engine kit (1903 –1915) for motorizing a bicycle in "Popular Mechanics" magazine for $90.