Originally Posted by
FlatMaster
If you're able to ride hands free, that would settle the debate between hand leverage and headset condition. Personally, I think it's the headset
I would not say it isn't the headset. If it were mine I would make sure the headset is proper as part of the analysis. But I really haven't seen headsets causing what I think of as twitchiness. It's just I hate to go taking things apart and putting them back together, just to have to do it all again when the headset appears to be the only possible cause (I didn't discover this based on a twitchiness or handling problem) or some new condition is traced to teh headset.
That mindset mainly comes from my days as a self-taught air-cooled VW mechanic, being too cheap and lazy to replace clutch plates when the engine was out of the car.
I am so glad I don't ahve to deal with car mechanics any more ...