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Now I also got a Specialized trispoke (from @JesperXT) and of course I had to try a disc-brake conversion. I am running it in reverse direction, using the freewheel threading for a rotor mount.
Again feels pretty fast and in the last 4 windy days great fun. It is like you are holding a sail in the wind and some turns are done leaning the bike slightly and turning the wheel the wrong way (sort of like speedway, drifting a corner). I haven't tried deep rim wheels before so maybe that is normal. But great fun.
The disc-brake setup is not too bad because I have earlier moved the hose to the bleed port and it is hidden behind the fork leg. So only half a caliper + a 2 mm disc rotor in the wind. Would probably be faster with a solid disc rotor.
There still lots of stuff to fix:
Somehow get threading cut on the other side of the hub so I can move the rotor over and run the wheel the right way round.
Cut 13mm off a front disc hub, get threading cut inside it and use that as an adapter, would be sleeker + one piece.
A axle with bolts ala tester's setup.
Some heatshrink for the fork leg + hose.
the disc brake caliper could also be placed lower/further down the rotor via an adapter. Then it would be hidden from the front behind the hub/axle