Two wheel drive bicycle

Claim 1

In a two wheel drive bicycle the combination of a front and rear wheel, a frame supported at its rear on said rear wheel, a front of said frame supported pivotally free on a steering post upon a fork supported on said front wheel, handle bars on said steering post, a seat on said frame, a foot pedal unit mounted on said frame to power and brake said rear wheel, and a hand pedal unit for powering and braking said front wheel, Said hand pedal unit comprising a mounting bracket fitted on said steering post supporting a rotatable hand pedal sprocket fitted with hand pedals, a coaster brake and sprocket fitted on a hub of said front wheel, and an endless chain interconnecting said sprockets, a transverse axis of said hand pedal sprocket being rearwardly of a generally vertical axis of said steering post, said hand pedal sprocket being located to one side of a longitudinal central axis of said bicycle so that said chain clears said frame and is aligned with said wheel sprocket, horizontal and vertical adjustment means being provided for ideal location of said hand pedal sprocket, said hand pedals being located equally spaced sidewardly from said longitudinal axis of said bicycle, and said hand sprocket being in an open area so that said hand pedals clear said steering post and steering handle bars, said handle bars each accordingly being of a generally U-shape when viewed from a side so to form said open area.