Mr. Sheldon ( CaptBike ) Brown wrote :
Shelton "Per Aspera Ad Astra" Brown
Raoul ( Family Roots In These Parts ) Delmare responds :
The official motto of the state of Kansas !
"Ad Astra Per Aspera"
For those of you who have not been reading enough Hetchins catalogs lately ( and thereby studying large amounts of Latin ) , this translates as ; " To The Stars Through Adversity " .
I like that . I think it would make a great motto for a bicycle maker . Perhaps I'll have it painted on the top tube of my very next Hetchins . I think I even have some old Stella spokes saved up somewhere , although Trois Etoile spokes would be appropriate as well . . .
Raoul ( my mom went on double dates with Chuck Schmidt's uncle in this here small town ) Delmare
Marysville
Kansas