It's smaller in one direction, longer in another. Seems kind of a marginal improvement.
My idea is a segmented wheel. The key is that you only need the segments on the bottom. So as soon as a segment passes the contact point on the ground, you can pop it off and put it on the front again.
I first saw the headline that said "Folding Bicycle Wheel" and thought, "Big deal. They all fold. It's the unfolding that's the problem!"
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