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Old 02-11-12 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by silvercreek
Are all of the small nuts and bolts that hold on the fenders, chain guard and other parts all English threads on my Raleigh Sports? I would like to install nicer looking stainless hardware if it's available.
Yes they are Raleigh proprietary 26tpi, you can tap them out to use a metric or go a size smaller and use a locking nut on them. I usually use the the originals and just clean them up.

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