ten-speed

American  

[ten-speed] / ˈtɛnˌspid /

noun

1. a system of gears having ten forward gear ratios, especially on a bicycle.

2. a bicycle having such a system of gears.

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adjective

1. having ten forward gear ratios.

Etymology

Origin of ten-speed

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

This New Paltz, NY trio make sweet bedroom punk that sounds like riding your ten-speed down a sleepy summer street with someone you just realized you have a crush on.

From The Verge • Feb. 14, 2015

“I’m going with you,” Anneliese said, and in the next minute she was pushing a matching pair of ten-speed bicycles out the door, hers and Chris’s.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2013

There were also a lot of bicycles in 1968, but not in the numbers and models that descend on Central Park these Sundays: flotillas of gleaming ten-speed Peugeots, Atalas, Gitanes, Raleighs and Fujis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beth Heiden's skates may be bronze, but her ten-speed is golden.

From Time Magazine Archive

One minute I was twelve years old and wondering where I could get enough money for an inner tube for my old used ten-speed.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen