You screw up the Front end steering Geometry dropping the head tube.
which you do with shorter fork blades. Its long for suspension fork travel.
It does have a suspension fork after all ..
stand over too much ?, get a different bike.
sorry you got such a good price on a wrong sized bike . caveat emptor ..
Sell it or Live with it.
Maybe your Trek dealer will offer a Trade in , used MTB's sell well here
LBS, Here, does trade-ins and Consignments .
dealer Cash buy would be less than A consignment sale.
Last edited by fietsbob; 01-12-14 at 03:26 PM.