Thanks for all the comments. It really helped.

First, DUH - I am embarrassed that you had to point out that the shorter fork legs actually steepen the headtube angle. That's what I was visualizing, but for some reason I went the other way in my calculations. Thanks for pointing that out. It did make the differences, on paper, a bit more pronounced, but still not very great.

Second, thanks for the reinforcement of my opinion that this change isn't likely to be a big deal, and for the "just ride it" advice. I rode a pretty varied, hilly 30 miles today. I'll have to say, that you are absolutely right - I got used to it and it doesn't bother me at any speed. Yes, it is a perceptible difference from my other road bike which is a relaxed sort of design (Felt Z). But it is just different, not "bad" and not a deal breaker. I'd have to say, it's simply a more responsive as opposed to a more stable sort of ride. Definitely within what I'd consider "normal" handling. It could actually be what the original Litespeed designers intended (remember, I don't really know what the axle-crown was on the original fork).

Anyway, I learned a lot looking at this aspect of frame geometry which I had never done before and I appreciate your very kind words (especially on my backwards headtube angle adjustment!)