Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Well crap now I don't know. I measured again and 453mm measures from the axle on my RockShox to the very top of the bottom blue ring of the King headset, i.e. from the axle to the very bottom edge of the yellow head tube:
I don't know if the Nashbar fork's 453mm is from the axle dropouts to the very base of the steerer tube or what.
You're over thinking it. Even if it's off compared to the stock fork, the difference in feel between rigid and sprung will be so much more noticeable than a fraction of a degree taller or slacker of head tube angle. By the time you can evaluate the angle, you'll already have gotten used to it.