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  • With a combined gas-electric output of 380 hp, an eight-speed transmission, 0-60 mph acceleration of 6.1 seconds and the capacity to "sail" which is to say, free-wheel at speeds up to 97 mph, the Cayenne S Hybrid feels a lot like the Lexus RX 400h hybrid SUV, only interesting.

    Porsche Takes a Big Step Into Green 2010

  • The cyclist is not a paparazzo, I helped him get his phone back hours after the incident, and he currently palps a free-wheel single speed.

    Naked Intent: What Lies Beneath BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Cyclist from SF in 2007: I know you're a better rider than I am; your seated free-wheel trackstand at the light proved it unequivocally.

    The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Competition BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I ` m going to give you names and events, and you just free-wheel.

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2007 2007

  • · First take free-wheel mechanism apart and remove ratchets (1) · Then attach hub to a metal plate as shown and spot weld it.

    Chapter 7 1999

  • She wore a wide-brimmed, white straw hat, and a white cotton frock, and was sitting very upright as she turned and coasted on her free-wheel machine down the slight hill towards me.

    Chatterbox, 1905. Various

  • The Green, as he passed along it on the free-wheel run, merged away through gloom into obscurity.

    If Winter Comes 1925

  • The free-wheel run down into Perry Green landed him a little short of his gate, -- not bad!

    If Winter Comes 1925

  • The men of these nations were used, when travelling, to affix two small wheels upon their shoulder blades, and on coming to any slight incline in their path they would curl up their legs, lie on their backs and free-wheel as distantly as the slant of the ground permitted, greatly, no doubt, to the astonishment of less sophisticated people.

    Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916

  • "Yes, sir; and two more with wheels buckled, and three that free-wheel both ways."

    No Man's Land 1912

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