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08-05-04, 03:59 PM
I"m a skidder. It plays hell with my tires, but I shell out for new rubber for my Roadmaster every four months with a smile on my face. Partly because I buy el cheapo tires at Walmart.
I slide out on sharp curves. I love it. I burn into curves hot, put the front wheel on the inside edge, jam the rear brake, and the rear wheel goes flying off in a straight line, front wheel still rolling. The whole bike rotates cleanly around the steering tube, and the minute I let go of the brake the forward motion of the front wheel catches the rear and off the bike goes, in whatever direction I"m aiming. If there's the least reluctance to grab the road again, a touch to the pedals and I'm sound on two wheels.
I slide into stops. Forty feet before I plan to stop, I put on a burst of speed, twenty feet out I lock the rear wheel, and the whole bike comes in with a nice smooth grind, half the time I'm sitting on my cargo rack for the low-rider look. I've done this so many times I can calibrate my exact stopping distance to within three inches. If there's a suitable piece of road junk for me to do it with, I stop the rear wheel ontop of an old newspaper, aluminum can, etc, and let that take the wear. I came in grinding a steel can lid one time, throwing sparks everywhere, and felt very proud of myself. I terrorize pedestrians shamelessly with my antics sometimes...
I skid on hills. This is usually the most spectacular, especially when I have an eight-foot automobile lane to do it in. If I can acellerate enough and then lock the wheel, th rear end swings out to one side, and by braking on the front wheel, I can flip the biek end-for-end and come down the hill in reverse,rear wheel in front skidding, front wheel in back, although still pointing the direction I"m going. I turn around again, usually continuing the same rotation, by flipping the front wheel around, when it goes sideways, the whole bike generally slews backwards in a three-point turn and the slope of the hill gets me rolling forwards again almost before I've truly stopped.
Yes, I know I'm young, stupid, and irresponsible. Yes I know that I will eventually get into an accident I'll be carried away from on a bodyboard.
I'm jsut wondering, since I already saw a thread with numerous people saying 'do not at any costs let yourself loose road traction', is anyone else as big a fan of the uncontrolled and uncontrollable wild power of a fullout slide as I am?
I slide out on sharp curves. I love it. I burn into curves hot, put the front wheel on the inside edge, jam the rear brake, and the rear wheel goes flying off in a straight line, front wheel still rolling. The whole bike rotates cleanly around the steering tube, and the minute I let go of the brake the forward motion of the front wheel catches the rear and off the bike goes, in whatever direction I"m aiming. If there's the least reluctance to grab the road again, a touch to the pedals and I'm sound on two wheels.
I slide into stops. Forty feet before I plan to stop, I put on a burst of speed, twenty feet out I lock the rear wheel, and the whole bike comes in with a nice smooth grind, half the time I'm sitting on my cargo rack for the low-rider look. I've done this so many times I can calibrate my exact stopping distance to within three inches. If there's a suitable piece of road junk for me to do it with, I stop the rear wheel ontop of an old newspaper, aluminum can, etc, and let that take the wear. I came in grinding a steel can lid one time, throwing sparks everywhere, and felt very proud of myself. I terrorize pedestrians shamelessly with my antics sometimes...
I skid on hills. This is usually the most spectacular, especially when I have an eight-foot automobile lane to do it in. If I can acellerate enough and then lock the wheel, th rear end swings out to one side, and by braking on the front wheel, I can flip the biek end-for-end and come down the hill in reverse,rear wheel in front skidding, front wheel in back, although still pointing the direction I"m going. I turn around again, usually continuing the same rotation, by flipping the front wheel around, when it goes sideways, the whole bike generally slews backwards in a three-point turn and the slope of the hill gets me rolling forwards again almost before I've truly stopped.
Yes, I know I'm young, stupid, and irresponsible. Yes I know that I will eventually get into an accident I'll be carried away from on a bodyboard.
I'm jsut wondering, since I already saw a thread with numerous people saying 'do not at any costs let yourself loose road traction', is anyone else as big a fan of the uncontrolled and uncontrollable wild power of a fullout slide as I am?