Those are great ideas ladies. I probably going to let it slide b/c dh doesn't want to fool w/it. He said fix up the 3 speed instead, which I'll do next week. All it needs is brake cables and new pads. My mom wants to ride it, it was my old bike I got for Christmas when I was 9 The old 10 speed is most likely a dept store variety. Like the mtn bike I bought for my dd, I'll get her a nice one when she's older and can take care of it properly, in the meantime this will do.