Cardan Electric bike?

[steveindenmark]

I ride 2 motorbikes. One has a chain and the other has a cardan shaft. Maintaing the shaft bike is so much easier and cheaper than the train.

I have seen cardan shaft cycles and just wanted to know if there are any cardan shaft electric bikes?

Would there be any technical reasons why a cardan shaft electric bike would not be possible?

Steve

 

[kitchenman]

Hi Steve, Do you have any links to companies who sell these? Perhaps the Gruber assist would be a good fit for this technolgy?

 

[steveindenmark]

It appears they do exist as I found this link in Spain:

CARDAN ASTON BIKES - ASTON BIKES

I should have known about this bike as I live in Denmark.

Biomega 'Copenhagen' Ladies,shaft drive,bicycle,town bike,20" inch,medium,white | eBay

Jannie uses her TREK mountain bike for the 10 mile round trip commute to work all through the winter but the salt and snow play havoc with all the compnents, especially the chain.

I am thinking a shaft drive bike would make a good winter bike.



Steve

 

[flecc]

The Zero company made shaft drive bikes for a few years and had a branch in Birmingham in the UK, but they've disappeared now. The shaft drive on that Biomega that Steve links to may be the one made by the Fullness Group in Taiwan and marketed as the "Giovelli" on this link but appearing under other names as well.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Surfing on from Fecc's link, I found this. Shaft drive makes a lot of sense for a folder.
Shaft Drive Bike --> MARS