ELECTRIC BICYCLE

DRIVE June 5, 2013
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An electric bicycle is provided that can turn on a front light and generate electric power while minimizing an increase in load to a rider even in the case where the remaining capacity of a battery decreases. A motor driving unit 7 including a motor 25 is disposed at an intermediate position between a front wheel and a rear wheel, an auxiliary driving force output sprocket 27 for outputting an auxiliary driving force from the motor driving unit 7 is engaged with a chain, a force transmission path between a motor output shaft 25a and the auxiliary driving force output sprocket 27 has no clutches, human power is always transmitted to the motor 25 through the chain, and electric power is generated by the regeneration operation of the motor 25.

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