Originally Posted by
cxwrench
On the OP's bike it will definitely screw up the front end geometry. Any fork that will fit that bike and be remotely close to the geometry needed will be utter and complete garbage.
Not necessarily. Early 90’s mtb’s had steep angles, long stems, and narrow bars. Both of my old mtb’s are running 80mm travel forks. The 970 has a 71* head angle and spec’d for 63mm travel. The T-Max has a death defying 72* head angle and spec’d for a 49mm travel fork.
Shorten the stems a bit and wider bars and they are great, (at least for what they are), with a little more slack. I can’t even imagine riding any mtb with a 72* head angle.
John