These are hybrids, but just. They are actually classified as flat bar road bikes and a lot of that comes from the tire size, 28mm. You might want to consider some other bikes in you list as well, ones with wider tires. I only say this because of your references to twitchy steering. That comes from the steeper geometry for sure but also from tire size. perhaps you could test ride two separate bikes at the same shop, one like the Fuji 1.3 and one with much wider tires? Don't worry about the tires slowing you down either, running high pressures makes them almost the same so the science has shown.