Thread: Will a Sunlite Threadless Bottom Bracket Work for a Raleigh Cotterless Conversion?
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Old 06-10-23 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by scarlson
Other things you can do include using the existing cup and cone system but putting a square taper cup and cone spindle in. They normally work with the Raleigh cups. Sheldon Brown has a thing about this on his site.
I did this on a Raleigh Sports, worked out very well. Used the Raleigh cups, a 73mm Shimano JIS square-taper spindle, and 6mm grade 25 ball bearings. Went together perfectly, no fiddling involved.
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