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The three-speed internally-geared hub will offer a wide-enough gear range for the flat roads and bike paths the bikes will mostly see; coaster braking is intuitive to most people; and rear racks and front baskets offer the requisite cargo-carrying capacity every good city bike needs.
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And despite this bike's low price and clean, classic looks (notice that it has virtually no branding), the Via 1 has well-thought-out features like a steel twin top tube designed to hold a U-lock, a matching rear rack to carry beach or city essentials, bolted wheels (they're harder to steal) and an internal three-speed hub.
Sunny-Time Gear 2011
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He said the world was experiencing a three-speed economic recovery, with advanced economies likely to grow at just over 2.5% in 2011 and the emerging economies at just under 7%, with the U.S. in between,growing at 3%.
Rising Price Pressures Spur Concerns Stephen Fidler 2011
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It had a Spartan interior, three-speed transmission, and stiff leaf springs fore and aft designed to handle massive loads.
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The liquid-cooled 675cc four-stroke engine has enough pull to make work a snap and fun a given with its automotive-style three-speed automatic transmission (with reverse).
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Speaking of free, in honor of Cunningham's preferred mode of transportation -- a bicycle -- you can win a Schwinn three-speed:
At Hirshhorn, see 'Bill Cunningham New York,' win a Schwinn 2011
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There she is—two stories down, circling the school on her rusty red three-speed, coatless in the cold autumn rain.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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What we have now is a three-speed Europe with Britain left stranded on the hard shoulder.
Now it's three-speed Europe. And we're left on the hard shoulder | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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The car featured power steering, air conditioning and a 265-cubic-inch, 162-horsepower V-8 with a three-speed manual transmission.
A Nation of Drivers Mark Yost 2012
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Two beat-up, three-speed bicycles lean precariously against one of the windows.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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