I ran the Cinq touring fork on my Hunter Gatherer for awhile.
The bike felt significantly different, in a good way. Handling was fine, was fun to ride on and off road
But all it really did was just speed up the purchase of a dedicated skinny tire bike (Fairlight Strael), which does all of the on-road stuff better than the modified HG did.
And i missed the utility of the rack on the big tire bike. So HG is back to low trail.
But now I’m wondering if I’d like 700x38/40 more than 650x48…
Can’t stop, won’t stop.