It worked!

I finally had some time today to take the Raleigh Gran Prix cotter pins out and put the cotterless cranks on from the Schwinn World Sport.

By the way, did I mention that I hate cottered cranks? If not, let me say right here and now; I HATE COTTERED CRANKS! I am glad that era is finally behind us.

It worked great. The bearing cup threading was the same, but the Schwinn bearing cup was just a little deeper than the Raleigh, so I had to cut it down. After that, all the parts fitted perfectly!

Now I have a very nice Reynolds steel double butted chromoly frame with updated cotterless aluminum cranks. Better yet, it didn't cost me anything but my time. I'm slapping on some aluminum rims that were gifted to me as well. She is getting a good set of new high pressure kevlar tires.

This should be a nice road bike.

Just in time for the upcoming tour I organized. I have mountain bike friends that always mooch road bikes from me for tours, so this should be a nice addition to the fleet.