Can Most Bike Shops Work on Cottered Cranksets?
I avoid bicycles, regardless of how lovely or otherwise desirable, with cottered cranksets. I don't have the tools to remove or install, and I understand that the cotter pins come in various angles, and that new ones aren't as good or as hard as original ones. Parts hard to source. Of course one can always get new bottom bracket & crankset, but I don't have those types of parts in my "parts bin" so that would require spending extra cash.
I live in the Portland Metro area and we have a plethora of bike shops, however, based on my experience on some bike shops on the west side I suspect that most bike shops don't have tools, interest, or knowhow to work on bikes with cottered cranks. How common is it that a typical bike shop, that sells bikes, would have the proper tools for bikes with cottered cranks? I have plenty of specialized bicycle tools, but don't really want to go in search of cotter presses, etc.
Should I be wary of bikes with cottered cranks? Thanks.