Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
Can overly-large bars cause over-responsive steering?
No, that's actually from narrow bars Even the widest road bars would be quite an adjustment from your fx. I know I noticed a huge change just going to my 490mm sparrow bars from the 580mm bars that came with my fx, and moreso once I had a bike with proper drop bars (my Mixte came with 38cm bars, which were too narrow for me.. I put 40's on there, and that's what my Felt has too). The best way I've seen it described is "twitchy" and it is true.. I didn't like the feeling AT ALL when I was test-riding bikes a year ago, which is how/why I ended up with my fx and not a road bike, even though I think I wanted a road bike all along (and I am glad to have both now, honestly.. I don't regret my fx at all.. it's easier to pull the kids in with it's lower gearing, and with an extra 90lbs of kids and trailer I need the lower gears). You do get used to it though.

That is kind of crazy that Surly shipped the wrong levers AND bars... but I'm glad you're getting taken care of now