I hope others will correct and or add to this ... Since diy-ebike-kits have hub style motors that spin the wheel without involving the chain that could be added to an existing cargo bicycle, I will assume his chain elimination desire is in the transference of the human power to the wheels. An ebike is after all, a human-electric hybrid powered conveyance.
In my youth, I remember when the first chain-less motorcycles were sold. They used a shaft-drive instead of a chain. -Doing a shaft drive bicycle search gives: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bicycle%20Shaft%20Drive gives several links to explore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft-driven_bicycle http://www.dynamicbicycles.com/chainless/ http://glendalecycles.com/bike-technology/chainless-shaft-drive-bicycles/ http://ecruiserbikes.com/our-bikes/shaft-drive/ http://sonomabike.com/ddrive.php http://www.walmart.com/ip/36624178?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227024604502&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40334880392&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78294752552&veh=sem ~$330 shaft drive cruiser-bicycle that could be converted to be used as an cargo e-bicycle http://www.sussex.com.tw/shaft-drive.html A UK company that sells the shaft drive, and has a N. American distributor http://www.sussex.com.tw/contact.html -More searches to explore https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=chainless+electric+cargo+bike https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=shaft+drive+electric+cargo+bike https://www.google.com/search?q=shaft+drive+electric+cargo+bike&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=SOn-U9s_j82CBLq3gYgO&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=646 search images https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=shaft+drive+electric+cargo+bike&tbm=vid search videos {brucedp.150m.com} - [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Cargo-bike-with-electric-chain-tp4671225.html ] On Wed, Aug 27, 2014, at 09:49 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > Is the technology available to use electricity to replace bicycle chains > or is a bike chain still more efficient? Trying to eliminate long chain > runs on cargo bikes. - -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Cargo-bike-with-electric-chain-tp4671225p4671232.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
