This seems like the ideal place to ask for advice on committing a double retrobike crime. Not only am I thinking of going down the drop bars route but also fudging it to a 29er at the same time. I've got the tape measure out and I've got plenty of room before the chainstay and seatstay bridges to get 700c wheels and fatish tyres in and planning on getting one of the mavic caliper adjuster brackets that will move the brakes up to the right height. All that seems straight forward enough but I'm not sure what to do about the forks. Currently got Project 2s with a fairly low a-c (40cm-ish) was thinking of swapping them out for something like the eXotic alu 29er fork with a 46.5cm a-c as that will lift the front end up nicely for the drop bars. How is that likely to affect the handling or will it not really be noticeable? Are there any other forks I should be looking at?