I just got my first CX bike. It's a 2010 Scott Comp, large, and it says it has 71-deg HT angle. Whew, I've never ridden such a chopper. I'm pretty much liking it so far. It carves a good turn. Understeers a lot. I have to hork it and dive it to get it to turn. The crazy thing though is if I get light on the bars it seems like the REAR of the FRONT tire gets away from me! I can crash myself. So when I'm horking the bars on a bumpy uphill if the front end gets light while bouncing the front tire zips out from under me in a weird new way.

Now this bike has a much shorter TT than my roadbike for a similar ST length, maybe 1.5" shorter!!! Our CX courses are mellow so I like using a similar position. To get that I need to use a 14cm stem instead of my usual 12. So maybe when my front end is bouncing around and I wiggle the bars maybe the longer lever moves the wheel around more.

I've also been road riding with this bike with the local fast group. I notice it sprints rock solid but when I'm just riding along the front wheel can wiggle around a lot if I jostle the bars -- moreso than with my roadbike. I have a '04 Giant TCR L with 73.5-deg. I like how that bike handles both for road and when I used it for CX.

Maybe my new chopper bike will have less hand-shock since the front end is more sloped back? I don't know the physics, tho.