Originally Posted by
bkaapcke
LWB's are a little squirilly at low speeds and it takes some getting used to. But once you have all the adjustments dialed in, you'll have a really comfortable ride.
Apparently, any handling problems get attributed to "squirrely" or "twitchy." Kind of like electrical problems are always caused by a "short." Newbs may have issues balancing a LWB, but it's because they're
too stable. That is, to balance at low speeds, it sometimes takes a lot of handlebar-turning. "Squirrely" or "twitchy" are just the opposite -- they're when the bike darts off in unpredictable directions despite trying to hold it straight. Some early-vintage SWB recumbents were actually
too short, and really were twitchy - go over a bump and they'd make for the ditch. The biggest problem with learning how to ride a LWB is the tiller steering, where the hands follow an arc as the steering turns. The ape-hanger style bars minimize this, but it can be disconcerting to a newbie.