Originally Posted by
Poguemahone
Uh, yeah. Both John E. and I have done it. The big problem is the stock cups on the UO8 have a thin wall, and if you try putting most spindles for cotterless cranks into a UO8, you'll wind up threading the adjustable cup all the way into the frame, leaving no threads for the lockring.
My solution was to buy the Sugino French threaded cups. These allow use of many Japaneses spindle/crank combos, which used to be plentiful and cheap. The problem with the Suginos is they go in and out of production, and currently seem to be out of production. Ebay best source. There are other fixes, but IME this one is easiest and cheapest.
I was fortunate to find a new set of French thread Sugino cups for $20 at the UCSD campus bike shop ("Where cycling is academic"), but that was 15 years ago.
I actually plan to keep the original Agrati cottered crankset on Capo #2. I have been pleasantly surprised by how easily I have been able to disassemble everything, including the crank cotters, on that bike.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069