Originally Posted by SSDD
Guys,
What do you say about a 24'' fork (and still using the 20'' wheels) ?
What effect will it have on the handling of the bike ?
Not sure what the benefits of that would be apart from raising the head-tube about 2" upwards and the bb by maybe an inch or so.
It'll pivot the bike up and back from the point at which the rear wheel touches the road so will give a less upright postion in some senses as the bb goes upwards and the seat post arches back slightly. Steering will have a lazier rake too which will give a more relaxed but less precise-feeling steering action.
Braking might be a problem unless you opt to go for forks with a disk mounting or a hub drum brake. Otherwise you'll have to get some new v-brake bosses brazed on 2" lower or fabricate some sort of extender to fit callipers 2" below the drilling below the crown race. Or really long reach callipers
