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No, I didn't find much pleasure in making the fork. 90deg joins and heavy walled tubing so a but boring and hard work.
I also wasn't too happy with how close to the Crust fork my design was. I know I'd not really be stealing customers from them since Crust stuff is so difficult to get over here but I'd definitely have been riding the wave of their design and promotion and that just didn't sit right with me.
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I did yeah, still use that bike most days of the week. I got nothing but adoration for @M_V work. Really happy with them and I’ve carried silly weight on them.
With weight, I can ride no handed with not a single shimmy. I’ve even routed Dynamo wiring internally, with more to be added when I can be arsed. I’ll take a couple pics soon.I can see why he wouldn’t batch make them though. You’d have to start with the same fork every time, and it looks like a bit of a faff to put together.
Kinda makes sense why the Crust ones are so pricey; it’s a labour of love.
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Hi all, did this production run ever happen? Did you keep the design the same?
@Chak have you fitted the forks to a bike? How are you getting on with them? Do they handle well?
I'm thinking of designing some cargo forks for a uni project (studying in your 40s is hard af). So I'm looking at what else is available and how I can offer something different. It may just turn into a feasibility study so may not come up with anything better. Fairly unlikely I'll ever physically make any either. Just a design/engineering exercise.
Obviously I'm going to look at the Crust forks and any similar. Feel free to suggest any I may have missed (I'll start a thread if it seems like a doable project).