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Old 04-05-12 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by unterhausen
You are increasing the trail. That will stiffen up the steering a little, which you might feel is fairly obvious during sharp turns at low speed. It will also be a little less forgiving of a front load. A handlebar bag will make things a little unstable.
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You'll be increasing trail by 5mm (from 54mm with original fork to 59mm with the Bontrager fork, assuming 700c x 23c tires).

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