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So I found this interesting article by our very own Don Walker
http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue3/urbanvelo3_p44-45.html
Remembering that he is a forum member I dropped him a line
He wrote back within ten minutes !
He suggested that I needed a trail of ~58cm the article above explains his reasoning for this
His estimation was that to achieve this trail I needed to adjust the headtube angle to 54 degrees
And set the fork rake to 36mm
This I confirmed with this bloody excellent trail/rake calculator
http://www.anvilbikes.com/images/1064634020.xls
He also suggested raising the BB by a further 0.5cm
Thank you Mr Walker you are a top bloke ...:)
Buddha.