Shafty
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bicycle that uses a driveshaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel. informal
"At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos."
Example
More examples"At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos."
Etymology
From shaft + -y.
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