A human powered drive units each including a pair of a rotatable member
having a sprocket and a supporting member having a sprocket, which are
arranged up and down, and including a chain extended around the rotatable
member and the supporting member, are disposed at left and right sides,
respectively. The left and right rotatable members 1, 100 are fixed on a
driving shaft 15. A chain ring 6 on which the load is applied is mounted
on the driving shaft between upper rotatable member 1 and rotatable
member 100. In each of the units, constraining means including a free
crank (10 for the right-hand unit, and 1000 for the left-hand unit) and
arm (11 for the right-hand unit, and 1100 for the left-hand unit), is
provided so as to maintain perpendicularity of a shaft of the pedal
relative to the plane in which the chain moves. By the rider kicking the
pedal along the closed orbit including a linear orbit portion, the force
transmitted to the pedal from the foot of the rider is efficiently
converted to a rotational force in a longer period of time, thus
increasing the power input.