Old 12-23-18 | 12:06 AM
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Bikes: 1974 Teledyne Titan, 1970's Sekine, 4 tandems including 1980's CounterPoint Opus III, plus a few dozen

Originally Posted by Paramount1973
Pardon my ignorance but could one use a 73mm square taper mountain bike cartridge? The non-drive side cup would theoretically protrude 2mm which would not appear to be a big deal.
I believe the issue is that most Raleighs from this era have non-standard threading in the bottom bracket, so you have to either:
1. find a way to use the existing cups
2. buy new cups with the 26tpi threading
3 re-tap the bottom bracket
each option has challenges.

-Will
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