Originally Posted by
3alarmer
I did a similar BB conversion on a '71 Raleigh
Supercourse using a 5 series spindle scrounged
up at the local Bike Coop.
You lucky devil. I'm going to have to make a trip down to Boston and root around. Maybe call a friend in Pittsburgh too, there were a lot of spindles in that drawer.
Can you name a bike that came with a 5 series spindle?
Something odd happened to my Super Course at some point. The big ring was mounted outboard of the crank arms, instead of inboard like I've seen on every photo of this crank set. If I try mounting them inboard, the little ring doesn't clear the chain stay, so I'm guessing there is non-original spindle installed. If I have to hunt down a spindle, I rather just go cotterless.
Or, do you still have your original spindle? Can you measure it, if not send it to me?