There's a tandem version available.Why not eliminate the pedal/rear wheel transmission system completely? 100% efficiency. Been done before, no chain, no belt, no shaft.
I have tried a recumbent that has a Rohloff hub and enclosed chain casing, a Flevobike green machine. Very good, very pricey.
everyone rides differently and is different just because you dint get oil on your leg dosent mean others dont. I do and i use muc off wet lube on a pristine chain with fixed cleats its just one of those thingsI do not get chain gunge on my clothes, why should you.
Here a picture of one, courtesy Australian Cycling forumsThere's the treadle option that appears every now and again.
Legs & feet basically going up & down all the time.
Last one seen had the drive system fitted to both sides. Short chain over the rear freewheels, with a spring to pull it back.
JingsThere's a tandem version available.
Here a picture of one, courtesy Australian Cycling forums
and one from Sheldon Brown
Everyone who's ever enjoyed a regal upright knows what you mean, is grinning stupidly at the memory of the feeling and wondering what you mean "when I was" - why would you ever give it up?When I was a gentleman rider on my Pashley Roadster Sovereign, I found the fully enclosed chain cover and rear wheel coat guard entirely prevented contact with anything oily or dirty. Drive was five speed Sturmey-Archer which constrained my hill climbing ability. On occasions I was obliged to loosen my tie a little to avoid unseemly perspiration.
Vomit. You forgot vomit. You can't be riding hard enough.I never worry if I get a bit of lube on my leg. As I return from every ride covered in snot, phlegm, urine and with a brown streak up the middle of my shorts why should I worry about a drop of oil?
And if the above doesn't apply to you, man up because you're not riding hard enough
Graeme Obree going to great lengths to keep the oil off his trousers.