Originally Posted by
Lostin
FunkyStickman thanks again, Troll and Ogre no doubt are good bikes, but I already got one mtb frame and after couple of 40 day long trips in Asia and Europe realised that when you have 20 kg luggage on the rear all pros of mtb geometry sucks IMHO. In long trips the main thing is touring geometry=comfort and new 26" lht disc trucker gives all that... I want to believe it))
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Potentially a dumb question, but why couldn't you get a different fork with more tire clearance for the LHT? As long as the length, rake/trail, were similar then would it matter? Or do you need the low-rider mounts? Or possibly something else I'm over-looking. But if the only limiter is the fork clearance then it "seems" simple enough to just swap out the fork, assuming the geometry works after the swap.