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  • Featuring a high-performance, chain-driven electric motor and a vintage-inspired body, the Pocket Mod can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour -- plenty fast enough for a quick trip to the corner store or a fun ride in the country.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Built in 1817 by Scottish coal magnate Thomas Dain to ensure safe passage of his barges, the Loch Traignarry Light was also intended as a model of innovation, with a coal-burning lamp fed by a chain-driven conveyor drawing on coal bins built near the waterline.

    Loch Traignarry Light Mark Reep 2011

  • Featuring a high-performance, chain-driven electric motor and a vintage-inspired body, the Pocket Mod can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour -- plenty fast enough for a quick trip to the corner store or a fun ride in the country.

    engueulade - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The horsepower remains at 170, though a slightly larger displacement and switch from belt-driven single cam to chain-driven double overhead cam design that helps deliver more power at lower rpm and raise the EPA-rated fuel economy by 1 mpg.

    2011 Subaru Forester: Engine, fuel economy, and trim updates 2010

  • My kids and I have been having a lot of fun with our Kick N 'Go, a $100 scooter that's propelled by a chain-driven lever you press with your foot.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The horsepower remains at 170, though a slightly larger displacement and switch from belt-driven single cam to chain-driven double overhead cam design that helps deliver more power at lower rpm and raise the EPA-rated fuel economy by 1 mpg.

    2011 Subaru Forester: Engine, fuel economy, and trim updates 2010

  • Featuring a high-performance, chain-driven electric motor and a vintage-inspired body, the Pocket Mod can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour--plenty fast enough for a quick trip to the corner store or a fun ride in the country.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Featuring a high-performance, chain-driven electric motor and a vintage-inspired body, the Pocket Mod can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour--plenty fast enough for a quick trip to the corner store or a fun ride in the country.

    engueulade - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • While the fight doesn't involve bicycles in the strict sense, it does involve a non-motorized chain-driven conveyance, and it takes place between a pedicab operator and a yellow cab operator.

    Circling the Pedicabs: Cycling and the New Frontier BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Star of the collection is a historic chain-driven GN car from 1920 that took first place more than 100 times in its racing career (estimate: £50,000-£70,000).

    Auctions Feature Motoring Classics 2008

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