Thanks for the input so far everyone!

Ok, so for the most part sounds like I just need to continue working on technique. I kind of figured this, as when practicing I feel great and smooth sometimes. (Try and do alot of the things mentioned, but obviously its not ingrained enough yet) But when I really, really go for it, like all out effort in practice or like the crit yesterday, I just get to the point where I feel like I still have more power to give, but I get sketched out because of the hopping/unstableness. (Of course it would help if I had some sort of powermeter to see if this is actually true but not yet, its on the list of things to get)

Waterrockets- I think you ride the SST 60 cm right? As far as my second question went in terms of things to look for when purchasing my next bike, it seems that the wheelbase on yours is a big longer than on mine, I would assume that I should be looking at numbers like this more? (I ask now because in my fit I was/am flexible enough to fit on alot of 58s in terms of stem height, but seems like the longer wheelbase would be to my advantage. My cycling inseam is 36.5" by the way)

Also anyone else who would like to offer some insight on that question, please do!