Good is such a relative term, it is hard to answer in a way that won’t raise the hackles of one type of bike snob or another (we include ourselves in that bike snob category).

Biomega bicycles are a blend of high-minded design and practical needs. Like every bicycle, they represent a compromise of materials, aesthetics, physics, and available materials and material costs.

Do I think these are junk? Far from it. I think with Biomega bicycles you are paying a premium to have a bike that says a lot about what you are interested in and what you like – “simple” design, modern aesthetics, utility over racing.

Would I buy a shaft driven bicycle? Nah. It’s not my thing. I think the shaft drive is a novelty with few practical benefits over a traditional chain-driven drive train that is covered with a chain case. However, that is my personal preference, and not based on anything more than my worry about replacement parts and self-maintaining the thing. I will admit that taking the chain off a bicycle and replacing it with a shaft drive does some cool things to the way a bike looks.