Sometimes being a smaller company is difficult, especially when it comes to working with carbon fiber composites. We have been working on releasing a custom designed cross country carbon rigid fork or titanium hybrid for a couple of years. Unfortunately molding costs for a full carbon fork have been holding us back. Molding costs typically span between $3,000 and $9,000 per mold and in no way guarantee a working model. Combine this with high production costs and minimum order quantities and you can spend $30,000 before you even have a marketable model. For us to do this and try to keep the retail price budget friendly is just impossible. As a result we have been looking at custom designing the critical parts (mainly the dropouts, brake mounts, leg wall thickness, and leg wall shape) and finding a partner to work with who has already developed a workable crown and steerer. After a few meetings at the Taipei Cycle Show we may have come up with some good options and would love your opinion.
1)What are your thoughts on carbon fiber VS. titanium legs?
2)What do you think is a better choice for a rigid fork crown, titanium or carbon fiber?
3)What would you be willing to pay for a fork with carbon fiber legs and an alloy crown?
4)What would you be willing to pay for a fork with a carbon fiber crown and titanium legs?
5)Do carbon fiber steer tubes scare you in comparison to aluminum ones?
We already have our idea of what is ideal, but feel the cycling communities input on this one may give us a better idea of what the general populous truly desires.

New 3rd generation rigid forks for the Hooligan (455mm Axle To Crown) and Dillinger (485mm Axle To Crown) are in.

The new 3rd generation Hooligan and Dillinger suspension corrected rigid CrMo forks are almost ready. Featuring new “mirror” decals that rotate through shades of silver when tilted the  new forks will be available in multiple colors and are all disc brake only.

Our 3rd generation forks are complete and off to paint. All current versions are disc only. Both are the same axle to crown as previous version (455mm for the Hooligan and 485mm for the Dillinger). However the offsets have changed to keep up with suspension fork changes. The current Hooligan fork sits at a 42mm offset while the Dillinger model sits at a 45mm. This version has been cleaned up and is devoid of any unnecessary holes or mounts (sorry rack and fender fans)  Final paint colors are as follows:
Hooligan
-Pearl White
-Pearl Root Beer Brown
-Gloss Black
-Gloss Clear (Raw)
Dillinger
-Pearl White
-Pearl Root Beer Brown
-Pearl Midnight Blue
-Gloss Black
-Gloss Clear (Raw)