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Old 04-10-21, 06:34 PM
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Ged117 
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Bikes: 1951 Sun Wasp, 1953 Armstrong Consort, 1975 Raleigh Competition, 1980 Apollo Gran Sport, 1988 Schwinn Voyageur, Mystery MTB

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I've gone the Williams cottered crank route with my '53 Sun Wasp project. The cotter press from Mike Stronich at Bikesmithdesign makes working on cottered cranks a piece of cake (if you get the quality cotter pins, which he also sells - very recommended). I bought the press originally to work on my old English three-speeds, and eventually a few colleagues' cottered crank equipped bikes as well. It pays for itself in saved time, avoided angry outbursts, tool throwing, etc. Have fun.

https://www.bikesmithdesign.com/CotterPress/
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