Its maybe a bit under-geared - it would be good if they'd built the rear wheel around a Capreo hub, enabling it to take the Capreo cassette, which goes down to 9 teeth at lowest gear (search the forum for more of my rambling on it, and some proper gear ratio comparisons). But to be honest, the gearing is pretty decent for urban commuting, even if I don't tend to use a couple of the lowest gears. I certainly don't feel that constrained by lack of an extra high gear (even if occasionally it would be nice, its not vital). And most importantly, it feels pretty fast and its fun to ride. Certainly worth a test ride if you want a compact, quality folder, don't want to be another Brompton-clone and can't afford a Birdy.