---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1512.8"
title: "16"
number: "1512.8"
heading: "Requirements for drive chain."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1512.8"
---

# §1512.8. Requirements for drive chain.


The drive chain shall operate over the sprockets without catching or binding. The tensile stength of the drive chain shall be no less than 8010 N (1,800 lbf) or 6230 N (1,400 lbf) for sidewalk bicycles.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2(f)(1)(D), (q)(1)(A), (s), 3(e)(1), 74 Stat. 372, 374, 375, as amended, 80 Stat. 1304-05, 83 Stat. 187-89 (15 U.S.C. 1261, 1262); Pub. L. 107-319, 116 Stat. 2776.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 60034, Dec. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted.