[RKDinOKC]

The metal flake blue 10 speed with red and yellow flames must have really looked cool to someone besides me. It got the chain snipped and stolen. Don't know what happened to it. It was a unique paint job in a small college town and I never saw it anywhere.

An oh, yeah, painted the 10 speed before college. It was my major mode of transportation before getting a car. I got hit by a car and had to straighten and weld the head tube back on. Welding it messed up the paint so stripped and repainted it. I even took the label off the name plate on the front of the headtube and engraved my initials on it.

Got a really cheap 10 speed to replace it. There was something messed up with the derailur and it would not stay in low gear. It would slowly shift up to 4th. It was kinda cool because it was the same speed you would regularly upshift. It was like having an automatic transmission on a 10 speed bike. Great for riding hands free carrying stuff to class.