ten-speed

noun

Definition of ten-speednext
as in mountain bike

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Recent Examples of ten-speed Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic. — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 Of course, Gateway will spec a tamer exhaust system to keep neighbors happy, as well as provide a ten-speed automatic transmission or a non-supercharged 5.0-liter Coyote V-8. — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 That means the only propulsion option is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 with 440-hp and the ten-speed automatic transmission. — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ten-speed
  1. mountain bike
  2. bicycle
  3. bike
  4. tandem bicycle
  5. velocipede
Noun
  • Higher-end mountain bikes made from ultralight carbon and electric mountain bikes run from $2,500 to as high as $10,000.
    — BestReviews, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The tires are also wider and thicker than standard single-rider mountain bikes.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of mountain bike
Noun
  • And in December 2023, a man riding a bicycle in a bike lane died after hitting a fire hydrant while avoiding a turning van on the road in San Jose.
    — Jovi Dai, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Pee-Wee falls off his bicycle and crashes in front of a group of watching kids.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of bicycle
Noun
  • Virtually everybody on a bike runs red lights when no vehicles are coming.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The brothers posed in their gear next to a red bike while practicing with a local motocross school.
    — Nicole Briese, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of bike
Noun
  • The concept of a tandem bicycle for two riders goes back almost as far in history as the bicycle itself.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of tandem bicycle
Noun
  • My next bike, the red-and-yellow Big Wheel, had a lot in common with a velocipede known as the penny-farthing, which was invented in the eighteen-seventies.
    — The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
Definition of velocipede

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