I remember my first ride on a bent, an out of production SWB and a P38, both having RANS type
ASS. I quickly discovered a finger tip hold on the steering bar resulted in much better control
than a tight fisted approach. Didn't buy either and ended up with LWB Rotator Pursuit. It doesn't
mind a tight fisted approach and in fact is one of the few recumbents you can actually pull back
on the bars going up hills to increase torque. It has a wide turning radius as well, taking at least
1.5 lanes of the road for a u turn. Below 2-3mph it is easy to turn too sharply and stutter the
front wheel with potential loss of control. My first ride was also a church parking lot and paying a
lot of attention to uphill starting and radius of turning that was practical. Still took 200-400mi before the side to side wobble diminished to perhaps 2x the regular bike wobble. Now I can ride down the white
line with only occasional deviations off of it. Remember to downshift before each stop, especially on
an uphill. Steve