A two-wheel drive bicycle includes a main frame having a steering head, a seat
tube, a cross bar and a hollow downtube. A main drive mechanism includes a housing,
a driving spindle, at least one driven ring gear, a first driven shaft and a second
driven shaft. The first driven shaft is rotatably connected to the housing and
operably coupled to the at least one driven ring gear. The second driven shaft
is, likewise, rotatably connected to the housing and operably coupled to the at
least one driven ring gear. Front and rear wheel drive mechanisms include a series
of shafts that are themselves coupled to and between the first and second driven
shafts and the front and rear wheels. The main drive mechanism preferably includes
a plurality of driven gears comprising a series of concentrically spaced ring gears.
Each ring gear of the plurality of driven ring gears has an inner diametrical surface
and an outer diametrical surface. Each outer diametrical surface is configured
to slidingly engage the inner diametrical surface of an adjacent ring gear. Further,
the main drive mechanism preferably includes a biasing means for biasing each ring
gear away from the first driven shaft and the second driven shaft and a selective
engagement means for selectively engaging one ring gear of the plurality of ring
gears with the first driven shaft and the second driven shaft.