Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc View Post
I thought that having a fork with greater trail made for sluggish handling? I could be wrong, but this is what I remember.

Emily, whose little road bike has 650c wheels AND toe overlap, but it fits!
This is correct, its actually a combination of having a fork with too much rake, AND a slack head tube angle, that combine to give a bike with too much trail that causes the sluggish handling. BUT YMMV. I know lots of women ride these bikes and LOVE them, but when I test rode bikes like that I didn't like the handling.