After determining that my handling problems stemmed from my forks (03 Marzocchi EXR's), and researching shorter travel options, I've decided to go back to a rigid fork. I ride a hardtail (always will) and am excited to go back to the days when I first started mountain biking. Not that there is anything wrong w/ my current suspension fork (it's a great product), it's just that the 100 mm of travel set my front end up a little too high for ideal cornering. I've noticed a lot of turn in instabilitily and the front end is too light on climbs. I'll be installing a Surly 1x1 rigid steel fork corrected for 80 mm, I think this will: lower the front end and increase rigidity. And, since I ride xc, I can still deal w/ the small drops and jumps adequately w/out the need for suspension.

Who else has done this and what were the results?