[CR]Re: wishbone stays

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

From: <BobHoveyGa@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:39:16 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: wishbone stays

> Why don't more builders use the "wishbone" seatstay arrangement?
>
> Is it the "look?
> the ride?
> harder to build?
>
> Rod Kronenberg
> Fort Collins, CO

A lot of folks have already mentioned that they just don't like the look... And that's natural since the wishbone's a pretty big break with established tradition. Not as radical as, say, a single-blade fork, but still enough to put a lot of folks off untill they take some serious time to get used to it.

But there's also the question of time and effort on the part of the builder. Over and above the effort required to plan, execute, and bug-fix any new design, there remains the fact that you have six ends to cut/file/braze/finish as oppossed to four with the traditional design. Maybe you save a bit because the brake bridge is integrated, but still, it looks like more work overall.

Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA