on a side note, why are the japanese goods in English, i.e. "NJS" instead of a bunch of japanese symbols, or Sugino or Suzue or whatever? Are they Japanese characters in Japan? Or are they still using the Roman Alphabet on those things. Just curious. But it seems silly to have two separate production runs for stamping different languages on cranks and stuff. Maybe the exports are bigger than the domestic market and hence the English...

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