To be honest, I don't know that it's worth the trouble doing what you are trying to do there. Is there any way to get the existing fork working (put in new springs or elastomers or whatever is inside that thing), or rig the existing fork to be rigid (pull out the insides and stuff a piece of wood in there or something)? Having to deal with the long head tube and an oddball 1 1/8 threaded fork/headset on a bike that really isn't worth all the much, would make me look for other options. According to the specs I found for an 07 model it has a rather slack head tube angle ( 68.5) and seat tube angle (67), so shortening the fork would actually bring it closer to XC mountain bike geo, though it would also lower the bottom bracket height. Normally I would say that going to a 390 AC would be a bad idea, but your bike is not really a mountain bike. To replace a 63mm suspension fork with a rigid fork on a mountain bike, you would probably want a AC around 410-420 (that's my experience from older 63mm forks from the 90s, your fork may be different).
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