Old 07-09-11 | 08:22 AM
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Bikes: '68 Raleigh Sprite, '02 Raleigh C500, '84 Raleigh Gran Prix, '91 Trek 400, 2013 Novara Randonee, 1990 Trek 970

They make adapters to go to 3 piece cranks. The bearings do not need to be in retainers, they can go in loose. Grease the crap out of them and lay the bike on it's side to make it easier. Or remove it all, from my experience the kids didn't pedal much anyway

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/opc.html
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