Then there is the issue of Trail, the difference ... on the ground between the line thru the head tube ,

and, the vertical thru the axle, the contact with the ground,

Its changed by fork offset, crown offset or bend in the blades. or a combination..

Plunger tubes on suspension fork I have is offset at the fork crown, ahead, and there is another offset , the dropouts in the bottom casting are ahead of the stanchion tubes in the offset fork crown.

so that is a combination of 2 offsets..

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Vintage Bike Quarterly goes on at length on low trail front loaded designs ,

and higher trail geometry Like for carrying pannier load on the back, primarily.