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The first shaft drives for cycles appear to have been invented independently in 1890 in England and America…

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1880s Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle 4 copy copy

1880 Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle

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1894 Crypto No 3 Bantam 0

1894 Crypto FD Safety ‘Bantam’ No. 3

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1896 Crypto Bantamette 5

1896 Crypto Bantamette

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1898 Bicyclette F.N Chainless (Cardan, Acatene, Shaft-drive)

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1898 Cleveland Bevel gear Chainless 04

1898 Cleveland Bevel gear Chainless (Canadian)

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1898 Columbia Ladies Chainless

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1898 Columbia Model 50 Chainless 05

1898 Columbia Model 50 Chainless

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1898 Quadrant Chainless 05

1898 Quadrant Chainless Light Roadster (#55291)

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FOR SALE 1898 Quadrant Chainless Light Roadster 05

1898 Quadrant Chainless Light Roadster (#57425)

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1899 Beeston Humber Chainless Safety (Metropole Acatene)

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FOR SALE 1899 CRESCENT CHAINLESS Ladies 5

1899 Crescent Ladies’ Bevel-gear Chainless

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1899 L’Acatene-Metropole Velleda ‘Model 207’

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1899/1900 Crescent Bevel-Gear Chainless

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1900 Metropole Acatene Chainless 5 copy

1900 L’Acatene Metropole ‘Model 206’ Chainless

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1900 Pierce Men’s Chainless

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1900 Tribune Chainless 0

1900 Tribune Chainless ‘Model 56’

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1901 Crescent Chainless 05

1901 Crescent Ladies Bevel-Gear Chainless

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1901 Gormully & Jeffery Rambler Model 38 Chainless

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1901 Monarch Men’s Chainless

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1901 Peugeot Sans Chaine (Acatene)

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1902 National Chainless 05

1902 National Chainless

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1902 Pierce Pan-American Special (Cushion Chainless Springfork) 3

1902 Pierce Chainless Cushion Frame Springfork

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1902 Quadrant Chainless Road Racer 3

1902 Quadrant Chainless Road Racer 

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1902 Quadrant Lady’s Chainless 76

1902 Quadrant Lady’s Chainless

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1903 Columbia Model 106 Cushion Chainless

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1903 Columbia Spring Fork Chainless 2 copy

1903 Columbia Spring Fork Chainless (Nickel frame)

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1903 L’Acatene Metropole a 2 Vitesses ‘Model 351’

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1899 Quadrant Chainless Light Roadster 01 copy

1903 Quadrant Chainless Light Roadster (#63870)

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1904 Columbia 28″ Cushion Arch-bar Chainless Roadster with Hartford Tire Coaster Brake

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1904 Metropole Acatene Chainless bicycle (badged as Alcyon)

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1904 Pope Men’s Rambler Chainless ‘Model 451C’ with Hygienic Cushion Frame

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1905 FN Chainless 05

1905 FN-Herstal Cardan (Chainless / Shaft-Drive) 

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1910 National Cushion Frame Spring Fork Chainless 05

1905 National Cushion Frame Spring Fork Chainless

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1903 FN Chainless Ladies 05

1907 FN (Fabrique Nationale) Ladies ‘Chainless Type C55’ (Shaftdrive/ Cardan)

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1914 Chainless Rover Roadster 05

1913/1914 Chainless Rover Roadster

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1914 FN Herstal (Fabrique Nationale) Chainless

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1914 FN Herstal (Fabrique Nationale) Chainless

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FOR SALE 1913 Rover Chainless 00

1914 Rover Gents Chainless

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1915 Columbia Chainless 05 copy

1915 Columbia Men’s Chainless ‘Model 504’

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1916 Columbia Men’s Chainless ‘Model 604’

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FOR SALE 1920s Durkopp Chainless Ladies 00

1920 Durkopp Diana Ladies’ Cardan (Chainless)

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FOR SALE 1910s Durkopp Cardan Chainless Gents 1

1920 Durkopp Gents Chainless (Cardan)

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1910s Crescent Chainless 5

1920s Crescent Ladies’ Chainless

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1920s FN (Fabrique Nationale) Gents Chainless Type C55 (Shaftdrive/ Cardan)

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1920s FN Chainless ‘The Rapid’

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1925 FN (Fabrique Nationale) Gents Chainless Type C55

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1926 FN (Fabrique Nationale) Gents Chainless Type C55

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1940s Chainless (Shaft-drive) Quadricycle 05

1940s Chainless (Shaft-drive) Quadricycle

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1940s Gearcycle Chainless Tricycle

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