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@M_V
Get the three speed, you won't regret it.
Straight drivetrain and 3 speed hub is so much more indestructable than anything you'll get on a road bike.
A £55 road bike is gonna be either done in or crap quality too. The bike you linked to was probably made before poor quality was invented.
I ride a 3speed Puch for my commute and it's ace. Don't care what the weather's like, or how many potholes I hit or how much salt is on the roads, it's a tank.
Stripped the paint (coz work is right next to Celtic FC ground) and linseed oiled the f+f, hammerite on the mudguard and chainguard. Frame is starting to rust but so what, it was so cheap (bike was free, just paid for new tyres and gear cable) it doesn't matter!
How it looks now (well, this + some rust!)