I have parts on order for my first build. I already have a rear wishbone that I will be using. The tubes are on their way from Nova Cycles and the rest is coming over from Ceeway! This bike will be a single speed track-style frame. It will have stainless steel track dropouts, the above mentioned rear wishbone, and no braze-ons. I will eventually build a fork for the bike, but will most likely use a carbon fork to start. I will run a front brake only on this bike and will probably run straight bars instead of drop bars. This will be an urban runner. Below is a picture of the investment cast wishbone. It is from Andy Newlands at Strawberry Bicycles. It is a very quality piece and I love the look of it.
I hope to use this same wishbone on a cross frame. Although, I have to do some more layout to see if it is feasible. The width at the bottom of the cast where the seat stays join is only 36mm. I would have to raise it up quite a bit from the tire to be able to run a 35mm CX tire. Technically, it won't matter because a cross bike uses cantilever brakes. So it won't be a problem that the brake mount on the wishbone will be higher. I just need to see if it is going to look fine with the extra clearance above the tire.
I will post some more pictures when the other components come in.
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