Originally Posted by
maranen
I think this relates to if you can ride the bike without hands. Am I wrong assuming that the bike is safer in high speeds if you can ride it without hands in low speed on a level road? I’m thinking of this scenario: you ride 50 km downhill – you must take your other hand from the handle bar – the front tyre hits a small pebble.
I don't think I'd let go of the bars cruising downhill at speed. But there's probably some truth to what you say. Bikes with less twitchy steering, ie, that have a large positive trail and thus are easy to ride 'no hands', are possibly safer at hgh speed than bikes with quick steering. However, high speed bike wobble is poorly understood and difficult to predict.