[QUOTE=Ira in Chi]I've actually met these guys and rode a couple of their bikes. They are uber-hip eurodesign dudes with tight jackets and expensive glasses, and the bikes are pretty fun. Though not featured on the website, they have a couple are shaft-drive single speeds with the shaft replacing the right chainstay. They have a clean, efficent look, a similar aesthetic to the urban track bike. I wouldn't ride them around town, but god bless 'em for making things more interesting.
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true true, they are producing neat stuff. But they really choose form over function a thousand times over. Shaft drive is a neat concept but its neither as efficent as the chain nor as easy to work on. The little dune buggy bike, though somewhat neat looking, really belongs back at Kmart.

Yet, I would dig on the monoque one if it came with the shaft drive.