31. Inventors also tried a rear wheel chain drive . 32. In a chain drive the power is transmitted into the real wheel via a cush drive. 33. Philon's works also contain the oldest known application of a chain drive in a repeating crossbow. 34. The transmission is 6-speed with a chain drive . 35. While both work well, most experts feel the chain drive functions better in harsh, cold weather. 36. Brunel's solution was to install a chain drive . 37. These later examples could be had with rear chain drive ( instead of belt drive ). 38. Chain drives require very little maintenance, and they're usually inexpensive _ about $ 125 to $ 175.39. Chain drive replaced belts on this model and there was a Sturmey Archer three-speed gearbox with reverse.40. The first Indian motorcycles, having chain drives and streamlined styling, were sold to the public in 1902.