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Ok, that opens up a lot of options then! Was convinced it mattered because I read some blurb about the combination of whatever HTA + 45 mm offset fork was the standard on gravel bikes, but that 71.5 HTA + 50 mm offset fork also gave equivalently nice handling. I was also influenced by the fact there are a lot of forks out there with chip dropouts which allow changing the offset by 5 mm, is it just marketing bullshit?
Also, unsure if trail is the only number I should look at when making comparisons like that, or if there are other metrics.
@cheekysnaker : if we give up on the whole 50mm offset thing, that works too, but it's in the same price range as Fairlight's Cempa 2.0, which is precisely what I wanted (more than the Enve actually), down to the stupidest detail like the orientation of the mudguard eyelet. If I'm buying a fork in the ~500€ range I'm definitely buying the Fairlight one.
Was hoping there were sub-300€ forks, like the ones specced on Bombtrack Ext (most likely Carbondas?) with different details (definitely want a front facing eyelet at the fork crown for instance).