Originally Posted by
Rickalodeon
Do you think that there would be any chainline, chainring clearance or crank clearance issues? I.e. Do you know if the specs are the same for both models? Thanks.
Chainline is set by the crank/BB and the frame would not affect this - excepting some oddball [no-dish] frames and the like. You're putting a road bike crank into a road bike. Clearance should almost never be an issue with an external-type crankset, as there are not multiple spindle lengths to choose from. The spindle is part of the crank itself.
I've put external style cranks on a couple of bikes that were from the square taper days. Admittedly a small sample of 2, but ran into zero issues - besides needing new tools.