Bike Is Shaft-Driven

Bike Is Shaft-Driven FARM HOME Miscellaneous 29-6-41 This photo was taken during the late summer of 1905 in Toronto. The man shown is my great grandfather, Richard Brackenridge, who at the time was 80 years old. The bike is shaft-driven. In the last issue of Farm Show there was an article about a shaft-driven bike which implied that such a bike was something new. I think the reason shaft-driven bikes were discontinued is that it's much easier to direct-drive with a chain as opposed to using two right angle changes in power. (Don J. Agar, Rt. 5, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2G6)

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