Originally Posted by
KC8QVO
My question is with gearing. My most often used gear range is 31-83 gear inches, with more often times dropping to the mid-low 20's than going the other way to the low-mid 90's or beyond. Other than the Bike Friday Speeding Tikit, what are some other 16" wheeled bikes with lotsa gears?
Obviously any BF tikit with a double crank will cover you. So you don't have to explicitly order a speeding tikit rather than a model with a front derailer. There are several IGHs that will also cover the range. I'm thinking that anything with more than 300% -- Nuvinci 360, Alfine 8?, Alfine 11, SRAM 9 -- will cover you if the bottom gear is 25". You can actually go with the MTB single chainring groups to cover it as well. Shimano Zee with an 11-36 will cover it as well as multiple SRAM options.
You didn't mention price, but obviously if there is no limit then Rohloffs and Schlumpf drives are possibilities.
With Bromptons, you can try
ultrawide cog combination with a wide three speed. Schlumpf with a Brompton will give you lots of range.
You also have the
Ori models.
AFAIK, they are basically nonexistent here in the US. So I can't really help you with them; but they might be an option for you.