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Thanks! I needed a tapered, qr, post mount fork a while ago, to fit the Cube and an old wheelset, this was really the only option i could find back then.
We basically made some cad models to get the geo right, and sent that along with the required features (wishbone, 44mm heatube, some idea of routing) and they would come back with some questions and required details. Tijmen and I would then do some more cad drawing and come back with answers (bosses at this distance, this size tube there, this clearance there). So there was some hybrid of letting them figure out the design from their experience, Tijmens knowledge and my preferences. For example, I didn't tell them to do the half yoke, but they suggested it from my tire clearance and crank/chainring preferences. From their drawings, we would suggest bigger tubes and different angles if that makes sense? If you were just to send a list of geo and features, they would figure it out fine.
They were happy to discuss intricacies like tube thickness and bends, but I mostly left that up to their experience. The bottom bracket cluster is an example of that. I could't quite decide what i wanted to do; T47 (but really wanted BSA), or external over bracket or something else. I shared the worries with them and they just send me a picture of this routing they did before on some other bike. Which I though was perfect. Would love to take credit for it though.
After fleshing everything out this way, I made the deposit, and they made the technical drawings, we made some more changes based on that, and they redid the drawing, which I approved.
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Tripster fork looks really nice with it, when I was planning to build up a Midnight Special I had an eye on their fork for it. Build looks very cool, interested by the full bag setup to come
How much of the design did they do, vs Tijmen and you? You said he made drawings to check, but could you just give them a geo and clearances and notes (wishbone stays, 44mm headtube etc) and they send you back the design? Also, how did the bottom bracket cluster design come about?