Jul
11
Any links/well written explanations would be very appreciated, Thanks
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Um, your question is a little ambiguous…
By testing, do you mean testing to see if it works, or testing to see if it will hold up under riding conditions?
If you just want to see of a design works, draw each piece exactly full size on paper (don’t forget your hole centers, etc), glue the paper to some corrugated cardboard, cut it out and assemble with some small nuts and bolts.. This is the "old school" way of doing it. I design a suspension frame using 3D modelling software but still do the "cardboard" stage because I am just an old man set in my ways.
If you want to know if it will actually be rideable, it is a combination between design experience and prototyping. This means actually building a frame and riding it. If it works, the decision has to be made whether the design is a repeat of something already made, or if it is different enough to pay the considerable cost of tooling to produce it, or whether it should be relegated to the back room or dumpster.
Bicycles are not tested the same way as cars. It’s more a matter of trial-and-error.
However, you might find this site very interesting, and it contains some most pertinant information:
http://www.tonyfoale.com/