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Strange commuting bike

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richie_b:
Up here, there seems to have been a huge increase in bike usage this week.  I like to think that it's folk thinking how they'd respond to the shortage of oil that's gonna come in the next few years, rather than it being folk panicking after reading the Daily Wail/Daily Record/ watching the Beeb.....

Anyhoooo.....

I parked my bike this morning next to a bike that had not been there yesterday (I say bike, but it was a 5 speed, dual suspension thing that prob weighed more than me (whether it is/was a worse ride is a different thread, OK?))  There was something odd about it, but I didn't click what it was for a while...
I suddenly realised that the bike had no chain.
So the question arises: how did the bike end up locked to a Sheffield stand with a decent lock?
Elaborate theft prevention?
Or wondering why pedalling doesn't make the bike go faster on the way to work?
Or  is there another reason that could explain this that I've missed....

Polar Bear:
Was it a shaft drive? Sounds like it wasn't though from your description.

Gus:
It could very well be a shaft drive like Polar Bear suggest.
There are a few companies that make them now,
is it this one from Dynamic  ???

richie_b:
No, it wasn't a shaft drive.  It was a 15sp dérailleur.
There was no chain tho.  Which in my experience makes the dérailleur system somewhat inefficient.
Which is why I thought it was a strange bike to commute on...

Greenbank:
There was a bicycle chain lying in the middle of the road in Fulham the other day.

Maybe his chain snapped near work so he pushed it the final bit and was off to the bike shop during lunch to get a new chain and a chain tool.

On the other hand, the cynic in me says that it's a cunning tactic from thieves to make the owner leave it overnight so they can go to work on it.

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