Originally Posted by
lord_athlon
700c has no problem fitting, neither do 27" wheels. Youll have to ditch the raleigh fenders with 27's.
Going fenderless...none were included with the frame, and aftermarket ones would probably look weird.
Weinmann 750's work fine, as do any of the longer reach old centerpulls that were on schwinns and such along with sidepulls. Or Tektro dual pivots.
I found some Weinmanns this afternoon..they look like they'll do the job.
I'd say the newer ones are more reliable then the old ones...but rebuilding the old ones are cake. So its a draw.
I think I'll round up an old one...it'd be good to know how they go together, and it'll be far more likely to fit like it should.
I went down to the co-op, found an mtb (73mm) spindle, used standard sized loose ball bearings in the raleigh cups, and mounted a standard square taper (in this case, it was a sakae sx) crank on the bike.
I read somewhere else about doing the same thing. I'm not sure I'm that brave...but maybe I should be. I'll think about it.