Originally Posted by
BreakingWind
Without suspension the new fork may be quite a bit shorter between the axle and crown. This will mess up the bike geometry and could leave your pedals very close to the ground.
no, no, no... The Manitou 3 is such a short fork by today's standards that a stock Surly fork would likely raise the front end.
Couldn't even run a 26x2.2 in one of those things...