Chainless bicycle or acatène is a bicycle that transmits power to the driven wheel through a mechanism other than a metal chain.

Examples

• Directly driven bicycle (see penny-farthing and unicycle)

• Shaft-driven bicycle

• Belt-driven bicycle

• Hydraulic bicycle (and pneumatic bicycle)

• Hybrid vehicle (see series hybrid bicycle)

• Some rowed bikes use a cable or a linkage.

• Stringbike the pulley-driven Hungarian designed bike

See also

• Bicycle drivetrain systems

• Outline of cycling

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