Meanings
adjectivetwelve-speed (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving twelve gears.
nountwelve-speed (plural twelve-speeds)
plural twelve-speeds
- A bicycle having twelve gears.
Many off-the-rack road bikes are now twelve-speeds.
1990, David Chauner, Michael Halstead, The Tour de France Complete Book of Cycling, page 52
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