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Dutch bikes have a different feel to the English roadsters and 3 speeds unless you get a seriously vintage roadster. 3 speeds still feel basically like riding a bike. A Dutch bike is more like lazily sculling an armchair. I loved my gazelle bike but retired it to my mum in a period of curiosity about what have a bike nippy enough to filter would be like. It was fine commuting Seven Sisters to St Paul's but I tended to queue with the cars a lot.
Tl; dr: Dutch bikes are lush and comfy but not that versatile.
brokenbetty
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Just get an English roadster / three speed, hundreds of the things deserving of tlc on Ebay