Originally Posted by
rydabent
dippitydoo
If you have never ridden a bent, the first time you ride it, it feels nervous. Anyone that can ride a bike can ride a bent, but they just feel different for the first few miles. After just a few rides all of that goes away.
Now with thousands of miles on a bent, IMO they are the only way to ride. Comfort is a given, but sitting up and leaning back give you a view of the world that you cant get on a DF.
+1
When I bought my Giro 20, the handling felt vague and treacherous. But I decided to go for it anyway. What I discovered was that it felt scary because every little input from my hands goes right into the steering. It's not damped as it is with drop bars. It was vague because I didn't know how to steer it. I learned to keep my arms still and steer the bike accurately.
Move forward a few months, I'm riding in nearby mountains and I find that I'm riding what seems like the coolest sports car with amazing handling on high speed tight mountain turns. The low center of gravity means I'm fast in the turns and the high pedals let me keep pedaling all the way through the turn.
