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Originally Posted by dminor

OK - - if you go down 25mm from a 490mm a-to-c, you will reduce your a-to-c to 465mm, or by a bit over 5%. According to my quick-n-dirty overlay, this should steepen your head angle by 1 degree, from 71 to 72. It's up to you if you can live with that to avoid a 'possibility of rust.'

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I would personally look at going this route (with a correct 490mm a-to-c):

http://www.rstmtb.com/m29.html

Thanks vey much for that - I'll be sticking with rigid though (the One9 comes with a Rockshox Reba Race 80/100mm option).

How is the handling going to be affected? I can tell the difference between ride feel of a dutch bike, a touring bike and cyclocross bike. However, I'm not really sure what, if any, difference the ~1degree change would make.

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