Out of all the alternative transportation vehicles, the bicycle is the one that remained almost the same since its debut in our daily lives. However, its “holy trinity”, the frame, wheels, and chain ...

Oh, IKEA, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways… Beyond the scads of flat-pack furniture, indoor herb gardens, and solar-powered shelters for emergency victims, the Swedish retailer is gearing up ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue student team’s design for a chainless bicycle powered solely by hydraulic pumps and motors rode away with first place at the National Fluid Power Association Fluid ...

The new Ikea bike relies on a rust-free belt instead of chain. Dealing with a rusty bicycle chain can be a messy affair, but an innovative new bike from Ikea solves that pesky problem. The furniture ...

The basic design of a bicycle hasn’t changed much during the last few decades. But this year a new option may enter the market. Called the Chainless bike, the design has pedals on the rear wheel and a ...

CeramicSpeed developed its new DrivEn system in conjunction with the University of Colorado’s mechanical engineering department. The innovative crankset does away with the traditional chain drive, ...

Bike design seem to be getting weirder and weirder. But if we look behind us, we’d notice that it has always been this way. Somewhere, someone is putting together the next weird bike or vehicle. For ...

Look Ma – no chain! Christian Vollmer, an industrial designer from Germany, has created an urban electric bike utilizing a pedelec system, meaning it has no need for a chain. Instead, it has a toothed ...

The Alpha Bike is an interesting prototype out of the University of Pennsylvania featuring a fully internal chainless drive that can be switched between fixed gear drive and freewheel electronically.

The Priority E-Classic Plus is one of ten belt-driven bikes on our list. Bruno Long If you have spent any significant time on a bike throughout your life, you know that you get as you pedal along, ...