Originally Posted by
vettracer
You want more rake to offset the increased trail caused by lifting the headtube (slackening the HTA) . ENVE fork with 45mm rake will likely have similar geometry to the Easton fork with 43 mm rake. With the Enve fork you will be lengtening the wheelbase also. You can use
http://www.bikecad.ca/ to plug in all the numbers and see the actual differences.
Perhaps counter intuitive to me at least and thanks for setting the record straight. I would think that slackening the head tube with a longer fork would increase wheel base and naturally slow steering and reducing fork rake would restore handling. But you may indeed be correct.
Also, thanks for the link for bike cad.