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My daily singlespeed

Old raleigh bought for £12. Sold wheels for £25, tyres for £10, gear mechs for £20. Resprayed using paint for my old Datsun. This will probably get powdercoated in a pale mint green soon as this bike gets knocked about a bit. Needs new bottom bracket and cranks... It also has a red chain and decent QRs which weren't fitted in the pics!

Sorry for bringing an old post up, or perhaps the tardy reply. Regarding the cranks - This bike looks a lot like my 1980 Raleigh and the cranks look the same too. If this is the case then be aware that the chances of your bb thread being different to standard is pretty high! Mine has the 'Raleigh' 26 tpi threading, rather than the standard 24tpi, which means it's a bitch to get a replacement bb without forking out a shitload of cash for a Phil. I tried a different set of cranks on my bb and they stuck out a mile. I don't know whether this is something to do with the taper on the axle or not. I know one of the easier options is to replace just the axle. I haven't managed to source the right sized one yet, but I also don't have any cranks to replace the old ones with either.

Keep me updated on what you do because I may well struggle with this one (or be too lazy to sort it out!)