Agreed that the new fork steepens the HA although the numbers on paper are small changes in themselves. I wonder if some of the handling feel is also due to the small weight distribution change. But I would exchange the forks and pick the one I liked the handling of better.

Years ago I built a frame/fork and decided that I wanted to try a fork with less rake/more trail. So I built a second fork matching the A-C dimension and found the handling to be only slightly different and didn't solve the problem I was trying to "fix" (camping load shimmy). I left the second fork on the bike because overall I like a longer trail. Andy