Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
Less trail comes from more fork offset. Rather than an entire bike, have you looked for a fork that would do what you want, or seen what it would take to have one made? I think I saw here on BF recently that a Waterford custom fork is about $500. I don't know about a low trail disk fork but maybe someone else could chime in
I had Waterford build me a low-trail fork for $400 a year ago. But since a Soma GR is only $579 (at Boulder Bikes) I think it doesn't make sense to get a fork made unless you have a bike you really want to ride as low-trail. In my case, the fork is for an S&S coupled travel randonneuring bike. Installing couplers is an expensive proposition so it makes sense to preserve that bike.
It used to be the case that low-trail, early-80's Treks were a cost-effective way of trying out low-trail, but the price on those seems to have risen enough that I think people are better off biting the bullet and getting one of the low-price, low-rake bikes.
Nick