Originally Posted by atpah

i suppose that could be true to some extent. I don't see how the hta itself affects the responsiveness, but the corresponding change in offset could cause a somewhat slower response. With a longer stem, you have to physically move your hands a longer distance, so that definitely slows steering. With hta decreasing (and tires remaining the same size), there is a small increase in the fork offset to get the same trail, but it's on the order of 6-7mm offset per degree, and there really isn't a huge range of fork rakes out there. While the larger offset removes the mass of the tire a little farther from the steering column, that's a pretty small amount of additional angular momentum to overcome when turning the wheel. I don't know that it would be noticeable. Maybe. I'll continue to focus on trail. As you were.