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Looking at new forks for my tourer. Currently running forks with 405mm a to c and an offset of 50mm.
Wanting to change for forks with a to c of 425 with options of offset 45mm or 50mm.
Which offset option should I choose?
Will add that currently running 42mm tyres, will be going up to 29 x 2.1
Which offset option should I choose?
Do you want slacker and floppier steering, or even more slack and floppy steering?
(Assuming this is a drop bar tourer)
I'd go 50mm but would still expect the handling to go to sh1t to some extent, esp if adding a bigger OD wheel that will compound the added trail from the fork length/HTA change. My experience of longer forks on drop bar bikes is the range of change that feels ok to ride is fairly narrow.
Cheers James. It's not a drop bar tourer... Not in its current guise anyway. Marin four corners frame with a croix de fer fork and Geoff bars.