Originally Posted by
habilis
I wonder how many Raleighs are still out there with the original cottered steel cranks. Mine were not only heavy, the chrome was gone too.
I know one that doesn't. A friend has a '71 or '72 Super Course that came with a cottered Stronglight crank (I loved that name since the crank was neither) and Raleigh's proprietary threading. We reused the OEM cups and swapped in an SR square taper spindle and SR crank for the originals. The 71 mm bb width made us thread the adjustable cup in a bit deep but there were just enough exposed threads to add the lock ring.