Another electric penny-farthing
 

Somewhat foldable. 20" front and 16" back.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/re...transportation

http://easytoridegreen.files.wordpre...13/05/fold.jpg

http://easytoridegreen.files.wordpre...teamrevelo.jpg

by definition the gear is 20" so pretty low..

Needs something like Florian Schlumpf's 2 speed unicycle wheel.. then the gear would be 30"

unless a 2.5x overdrive, then it would be 50"


but at least the Owner & sales department is smiling for the picture. I wish them luck

look carefully at the pedals, I don't think you were meant to pedal it. Those are mainly there for a footrest and you let the motor do the moving.

Oh, I see, the pedals have a freewheel in each crankarm..

Pedaling looks to optional..

"The patent pending front pedaling technology allows riders to dynamically switch the front wheel crank arms from a resting position for comfortable cruising to an active pedaling position."

Looks very comfy but with almost no pedaling advantage, I call it more electric scooter than bicycle.
I can see lots of fat lazy people cruising on these or renting them at resorts.
It's not an exercise device which might make it very successful.

Has there ever been a Penny Farthing type of bike with a gearing multiplier on the front wheel?
If the crank axles were separate from the wheel axle, couldn't identical gear ratios be added to both sides of the fork to gain pedaling efficiency?

You could run a 2 speed Schlumpf Drive

A prototype not real bike:
http://blog.makezine.com/2009/08/29/...hioned-bicycl/

http://makezineblog.files.wordpress....pg?w=500&h=375