Let me state that I am no scholar, however I’m pretty good at crossword puzzles and the like. I came up with a slightly different translation. I read that first character, loosely, as “glorious”. The second, again loosely, as “tiny shaft of wood that pesters”. The third, is more succinct; it is the symbol for “smiles upon”. Next, I filtered my results. Another word for glorious? “Splendid”. Tiny shaft of wood that pesters? A “Splinter”. “Splendid Splinter Smiles Upon”. As he was beloved and respected around the world, I concluded that the three characters can only read, “Ted Williams Approved”.

Suicide levers are the horizontal brake levers that move the brake levers mounted on the drops . these can be pressed when keeping hands on the center portion of the handlebars . they are called suicide levers because they are limited in how gar the brake shoes will move before the levers hit the handlebars or come up to a point where you will not be able to apply brakes while still holding handlebars. If doing this while steel rims are wet the brakes may no do any stpping at alll. draggiong your feet on the ground would be more effective. If brakes are not in good adjustment the suicide levers are also useless . always use the levers on the drops when riding in wet conditions or if you are going fast in trafffic or downhill.

Let’s try it again . For a bottom bracket AND crankset conversion see