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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Doesn't the likelihood of galling increase over time if you don't remove the cranks from the spindle? So removing them frequently enough mitigates that risk. And to my thinking, which could be wrong, this is why torquing the bolt properly matters more than whether or not you have grease on the spindle.