Originally Posted by
Kapusta
There is so much wrong with this on so many levels I don’t even know how to start unpacking it.
But to address your first point: if you knew what a suspension corrected fork was, you never would have claimed that a suspension fork would screw up the frame’s geometry.
I’m going to try just walking away.
I see what you're saying. I think you may have slightly misinterpreted what I am trying to say.
You want the fork to be designed around the geometry of the frame, not the other way around. When manufacturers begin to tinker with angles and bottom bracket heights etc to make things work with a long ATC length fork, for whatever the reason maybe, they are in some ways compromising the handling of the bike, perhaps for some sort of benefits elsewhere.
This is a good thread topic. I want people to understand the differences in performance and why one may work better for you over the other without any bias. If someone thinks the suspension is better but never tried a rigid fork, i think their input is complete nonsense.
My point is, a bike designed around a 395mm atc fork will certainty handle better than one designed around something longer, suspension corrected or not.