restlessshawn
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Ran my rigid Inbred (440mm fork) as a 69er for quite some time and it was good however the steering had a slight tendancy to feel a little floppy, probably the fork needed a little more offset (think the Hummingbird ones were like that).
Yes, the Hummingbird forks are 445 a/c and 55mm offset, so you have less trail and no low speed floppiness. An added advantage is that the front centre is slightly increased.
But, whatever, the Hummingbird is a wonderful handling bike. I’d buy an updated version in a shot – so, 27.5 rear, 29 front, 30.9mm seat tube and two degree slacker head angle. Columbus or Reynolds 853.
Plus, if I had a set of 140mm 29” forks,(preferably Marzocchi) I’d be trying a 29” front wheel in one of my LV 301’s, Tobi Leonhardt stylee.