An Extraordinary Looking Bike
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Last Friday, Pete and I met up with Toby, our newest guide.
A lovely evening, naturally, and we talked about our hopes and expectations for the summer, but the most interesting thing was this extraordinary bike which Toby spotted chained to the railings outside.
No chain, see?
I thought it must be a hand-made one-off built by some engineering student, but apparently not. They’re imported from Denmark by this bloke we met in the pub, and it seems they’re made by a company called biomega.
It was a thing of beauty, I just think it looks so cool to have a bike with no chain, no oil, no derailleurs, just a beautiful, clean drive shaft.
I’ve been reading a bit about them today. Apparently, they lose up to 5% over chain-driven bikes in efficiency, but who cares? I want one - my birthday is February 2nd, by the way, and I don’t mind waiting.
Written by Bernard Dugdale - Visit WebsiteThis entry was posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 10:00 am and is filed under Cycling, Technical. Find similar posts by selecting and of the following tags: chainless bikes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
on May 29, 2008 at 3:10 pm Mike Dugdale wrote:
Hi Bern,
Never mind the lack of chain, is that a pannier rack with no support struts? An engineering marvel!
If anyone knows where to get them from, my birthday is much sooner than Bernie’s (1st June)
Cheers,
Mike
on June 7, 2008 at 11:09 am Simon Hedger wrote:
Happy birthday, Mike - there was no harm in asking.
And nothing wrong in dodgy beards, Bernard. I had one for years. Might even grow it back for when I weave through the vineyards of Bordeaux in August.
Regards to all,
Simon