Jim Merz wrote: "I remember Tom as being a nice guy, but I heard rumors about Miami Vice like goings on." In response to: "Curious about the "bad business practices" of Ten Speed."
In the early '70s they also had a storefront a couple of miles up A1A from Melbourne Beach in Cocoa Beach. When I would go in there, especially for crank cotters, they would hand over a box and tell me to pick a couple, no charge. I still have two boxes of black cloth tape from their shop (really tatty boxes now) that I remember they just handed to me. At the time, I thought these were brilliant business practices.
Tom Donahue
Melbourne, FL