Conscious Commuter, Folding E-Assist Bicycle With Internal Gearing

Maybe, it folds in “design style” but unless they put a stronger frame,
they can get a “collapsable one time only bike” instead.
Can’t unsderstand the use of so bad 7 gears Nexus instead of Alfine 8 or even better 11 gears type.
Love the cardanic transmision sistem.
Hei do it properly…please

Since I have been looking at folding commuter bikes recently, I’ll get right to the big problems. First is the folding design, while rotating the front wheel above the curved spine tube looks cool it adds unnecessary weight and complexity compared to folding the rear triangle under like a Brompton or Bike Friday. The sideways rear fold compounds the problem because you end up with the folded bike sitting on the bottom bracket shell and frame tube instead of on the rear wheel (Bike Friday) or caster wheels (Brompton) so you are forced to carry the folded bike since there is no way to roll it around. This is a double fail in this case since the Conscious Commuter is an e-assist bike so there is is the extra weight of the battery and motor. Which begs the question of where did they put the battery pack?
As far as the curved frame tube goes, it is not as strong as a straight tube so there are strength and weight costs to looking cool.
For completeness I will point out that the side fold designs like the Tern and Dahon bikes are stronger looking than this and also provide either an integral or optional means of rolling the folded bike.