A shorter stem is a must, I'll be putting 110mm travel Magura Ronins on it, so may not go too short as they could be a smidge longer than it shoudl have ideally (possibly).
Currently i've had to put a 100mm stem on the GT to keep the front end down & get some weight over it, but i've also got the saddle quite far back & post with rear mounting – any further forward and things feel sort of cramped and/or "sit up & beg".
I've previously played with headset spacers, although this is is the last thing to try with the current stem on old bike before I change over for good.
The problem is I don't have much seatpost out (just below the T of TITEC lettering) and that's about as much as i'm happy with. Knees are almost correctly bent but any more and the frame just feels like a big old gate even though it's only a medium.
The front of the GT sometimes feels sort of twitchy, a bit too easy to tuck in when cornering, etc, but other times feels a bit like it's wandering.
Naybe the forks are crud & are to blame?! 😆 Not so likely though, they're supposed to be decent & i've got XT QR hubs on there.
I'll have a look at the Andy Pruitt's guide i think and just google a bit more.
Kinda hoping the frame + a suitable stem will all be good and it'll be job done.
We shall see…