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Yes, that worried me too :-)
I borrowed Cake's Brompton before I bought mine. That had a 3 speed hub gear. The weight it added to the bike when you wanted to carry it was not offset by the added versatility. The 2 speed offers all the speed variation I need and saves a kilo.
Much as I love hub gears I think sometimes the gears are mostly there to drag the heavy hub around.