The LAN71 Wishbone designed by Andy Newlands, Wade Younie and Kirk Pacenti in 2004 is the second generation road wishbone. The first version was designed by Newlands, Damian Bollerman and Stan Heard in 1985 and has been superseded by this 2004 casting design. This 82.5gm hollow investment cast steel wishbone is designed for Reynolds GC1650 (525 quality) 16mm. x 0.7mm x 580mm. single taper seatstays or other 16mm x .6 to .8mm. wall seatstays and the R116 (525 quality) 19.05mm. x 0.7mm x 190mm. top stay material or the Reynolds tapered topstay R2025T13 Cromo 22.2x.8/.6x420mm. tapered to 13/13.5 (cut to fit 19.05mm. wishbone top plug). The wishbone can be used for fabricating rear triangles for road and track bicycle frames. 3mm. x 1mm. "divots" are cast in for brake bolt drilling for road frames, but can be filled in and filed smooth for track and single speed frames. A 6mm. diameter internal spigot is provided to allow a 5mm. threaded fender boss (lathe drill/tap after brazing the topstay is quite easily done). In the Strawberry "Not So Very Engineering Lab" the LAN71 wishbone maintained a vertical static proof load of 8.8 kilo Newtons (over one ton) in plane compressive load. The wishbone is priced at $17/ea. for quantities 1-4, $14.20/ea. 5-9, $12.15/ea for quantities 10 and up. View this part at the Strawberry workshop/showroom at 1535 S.W. 17th. Ave. and S.W. Market St. in Portland, OR. To order, please contact Andy. PayPal and good check accepted.

LAN71 Lightweight Touring wishbone logo side. This 108gm. hollow (both top and bottom "wings" are hollow allowing passage for cable or hydraulic brake line) casting was designed by Newlands and three dimension CAD engineering was done by Mackay Concepts. Long Shen cast the part. The topstay pocket measures 22.2mm. and the seatstay pockets are 19.05mm. "Fender Radius" equals 20mm. Brake bolt drilling "divots" measuring 3x1mm. are cast in for caliper brakes. A 6mm. diameter internal spigot is provided to allow a 5mm. threaded fender boss. Pricing: $47.70/1-4pcs, $41.25/5-9pcs, $37.45/10-19pcs, $34.55/20 up . To order, please contact Andy. PayPal and good check accepted.

LAN71 Road/Track Wishbone Stay Kit no. 1 with Reynolds 525 Quality Seatstays. This kit consists of one investment cast LAN71 road/track wishbone, one Reynolds tapered topstay R2025T13 CROMO 22.2x.8/.6x420mm. tapered to 13/13.5 (cut to fit 19.05mm. wishbone top plug), two Reynolds GC1650 16x.7x580mm. single taper seatstays and one LAN71 topstay/seatpost binder with 10mm. buttonhead capscrew. $107.00/kit plus shipping. To order, please contact Andy. PayPal and good check accepted.

LAN71 Lightweight Touring Wishbone Stay Kit no. 2 with Reynolds 525 Quality Seatstays. This kit consists of one investment cast LAN71 Lightweight Touring wishbone, one Reynolds straight topstay CROMO 22.2x.8x190mm., two Reynolds GC1660 seatstays 19x.7x580mm. and one LAN71 topstay/seatpost binder with 10mm. buttonhead capscrew. $153.00/kit plus shipping. To order, please contact Andy. PayPal and good check accepted.

LAN71 Mixte Wishbone Top Tube Stay Kit no. 3 with Reynolds 525 Quality Seatstays. This kit consists of one investment cast LAN71 Lightweight Touring wishbone, one Reynolds 631 mixte top tube BX5181 tapered 28.6 to 22.2x.8/.6x600mm. and two Reynolds GC1660 seatstays 19x.7x580mm. $133.00/kit plus shipping. To order, please contact Andy. PayPal and good check accepted.

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