Water bike

A water bike comprising:

• first and second spaced apart floatation elements;
• front and rear cross members attached to the first and second flotation elements;
• a frame supported on the front and rear cross bars, with the frame having a horizontal drive section supported on the front and rear cross members, a riser joined to the drive section and a horizontal top section joined to the riser;
• a steering bar pivotally attached to a front end of the horizontal top section of the frame;
• pedals attached to a pedal shaft extending through the riser;
• a first sprocket attached to the pedal shaft;
• a gearbox at a back end of the horizontal drive section of the frame, with the gearbox including a sprocket gear, a cable gear engaged with the sprocket gear, and a second sprocket attached to the sprocket gear;
• a chain or belt extending around the first sprocket and the second sprocket;
• a steering pulley pivotally attached to the gearbox;
• an outdrive engaged with the steering pulley, with the outdrive including a fin-shaped outdrive housing, a tubular cable housing within the outdrive housing, a flexible propeller cable within the tubular cable housing, a propeller attached to a lower end of the propeller cable and the cable gear attached to an upper end of the propeller cable;
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• a steering linkage connecting the steering bar to the steering pulley, for pivoting the outdrive to steer the water bike, with the fin-shaped outdrive housing acting as a rudder to assist steering of the water bike.