Originally Posted by
777funk
Anyways, I notice after years of riding cheap mountain bikes that these feel a little unstable. Is it just me or is this really the case?
I figure I will ride on typical fine gravel packed bike trails and some pavement... never off road. I would have thought this would be a good bike. Maybe it's something a person can get used to?
’Boom Era’ 1970-1980s ten-speeds typically come with 40cm width drop bars, which will feel very, very different from the ~560mm straight bars on your MTB.
Steering, in particular will need to be smoother and more deliberate, especially on loose surfaces like gravel trails, since trying to make corrections on narrow bars can easily become an over-correction than it can on straight bars. (That’s why extra-wide drop bars are a ‘thing’ on gravel bikes)