with a pinion based gearbox, and a hefty weight of 10.12kg (as is shown in photos), these nucleon E2 photos are more for the appreciation of the photographer's skill, than any beauty found in the bike...

i look forward to being proven wrong (somebody must love them, to be paying their prices, and for one of their bikes to make it into the dirt 100 ), but i see no reason to have anything else then a disbelieving smile and a good deal of distance placed between mountain bikers and most of nicolai's creations...

 Credit to nicolai's website. great photos, even if i can't find any explanation why people like their bikes...