cjh said:
LewTwo said:
Also it is NOT 'the first chainless drive e-bike'.
Back around 2006 I had an Incline shaft drive bike with electric front hub.
Wish I still had it as Sussex no longer seems to be build shaft drives.
There are also a few Gates Belt drive e-bikes out there as well.
Sussex is owned by a Chinese manufacturer and still available.
http://www.chainlessbike.com.cn/
The Taiwan SUSSEX site is unresponsive. They also do not respond to emails.
H'mmmm ... This is from the English version of their Chinese site:
http://www.chainlessbike.com.cn/index_en.html
"From June 1, 2015 start, Goldmann (Taicang) Machinery Co., Ltd. to take over the world welcomed the company's all business. We continue to provide you as before and high quality products and services."
There does not appear to be anyone selling bicycles with their shaft drive.
Dynamic Bicycles US no longer advertises shaft drive bicycles.
Dynamic Bicycles UK web site still shows products for sales but the latest update to their site is dated: September 2014
There is still one Sonoma shaft drive bicycle listed on Amazon (Prime) but my guess it is the last of the stock.
No apparent activity there since 2014 either.
Edit:
One listing for a 'NEW' Sonnona on ebay as well
(Same model as Amazon but $100 more).
Found another listing in France: http://www.arcadecycles.eu/Urban-bicycle/velo-cygnus-1903-nex-3.html
(caution: very slow responce time)
For all practical purposes I would say that they packed up their tent and went home.
EDIT 30 September 2016:
Well I have to eat my words ...
Dynacraft BSC, Inc. is marketing a couple of Sussex shaft drive bikes via Amazon .... and I purchased one.
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=83817&p=1227440#p1227440