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I'm thinking of putting a slackerizer headset on my mountain bike. I've got one of these https://www.jamisbikes.com/16_pdf/16_dragonslayer.pdf in a 19inch.
It's great, but all the cool hardtails are rocking 66/65 degree headangles (Solaris Max / Pace 529 / Stanton Switchback).
I'm thinking of putting a Superstar Slackerizer in there, which would lay things back to 66, but I'm trying to work out what this will do to other elements on the bike.
The BB will drop a little - but is there a way to work out how much? Is there a good calculator to stick my measurements in and see what will happen?
Also, the seat tube angle will steepen, will I need to move the saddle back? I'm now using an online dropper, so can't go that far back....
Just really unsure how big an impact 2 degrees is going to have on the rest of the bike.
What do people think - or should I just look out for a frame deal and not bother trying to bodge my existing frame up to date.
Also - Maybe it would be better to go less than 2 degrees. Superstar only sell 2 degree kits, but have different kits for different headtube lengths. Am I right in thinking that a longer headtube needs less offset to deliver an overall 2 degree change? So If I bought the cups for a longer headset, I'd get slightly less than 2 degress of slack?