I have searched, I’m sorry if this has been asked to death.

I understand (sort of…) the Scandal V2 takes a zs44 / ec49 headset.

If I wanted to use a 120mm fork (that I already have) could I change the bottom headset assembly to a zero stack to lower the front of the bike slightly? would I run into problems with wheel clearance?

Would I then need an external cup top assembly to clear the taper section of a tapered fork?

Thanks

I have a v2 scandal as my second “spare” bike, the headset has an external lower cup for 1.5″ applications and I believe you can run an internal lower with a 1.125″ fork, but there would be no room for an internal with a 1.5″

With a 1.125″ fork an internal bottom cup you would be fine on clearance

The Scandal has steep angles anyway so running a 120mm will only slacken things by 1 degree ish which I am sure you will not notice and would still be steeper than most other bikes, you could probably limit your fork to 100mm as most can

Are you trying to lower the front or change the angles, if the former just use less stem spacers or flip the stem over