>>1355063Interesting. Is Sheldon wrong then? Because he says:
>Right through the 1990s, the bikes built at the mighty Nottingham Factory were made to Raleigh proprietary dimensions.https://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh26.htmlAlthough I'm pretty sure my frame was made at the Worksop factory due to its serial number beginning with W, so maybe that means it does have 24 TPI threading?
Which might make sense because he also says:
>In later years, higher-end Raleigh models such as the International, Professional, Competition, Grand Sport and other models built at the separate Carlton workshop used B.S.C. threading... These bicycles all used cotterless cranks.He doesn't mention the Clubman by name, but I think the "Carlton" workshop refers to the Worksop factory, because it was formerly a factory owned by Carlton Bicycles, bought by Raleigh. Also my bike does indeed have cotterless cranks.
>You can take it into a bike shop and have them measure the threadsYeah I could just take it to Halfords, apparently they can do a bottom bracket service / replacement for £25 (don't know if that includes parts or not). If it does include parts that's fucking good. If it doesn't then I guess it could still be a good deal if they just re-service the bottom bracket in there (replace the ball bearings and re-grease rather than putting in a cartridge replacement. Cartridge replacements are like £30 themselves.
Also I think the cartridge replacement I do have might be too short. I just tried measuring the spindle on my bike and I measured it to be maybe 128mm, give or take one or two. But the one I have (which I bought a few years ago) is 110mm. So I might be fucked there.
Dunno, I would like to do this myself, but maybe I'd just be creating a lot of trouble for myself?
