Originally Posted by
GRedner
The first time I rode with drop bars, they felt very "twitchy" and unstable compared to the flat handlebars I was used to. IMO that's normal, and you get used to it.
"Twitchy" is just another word for "responsive", at least the way I see it. When I get on my MTB these days, I feel like I'm driving a bus. Its bars are so much wider than the drops on either my road bike or commuter (or even the flat bars my commuter used to have).