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Old 05-21-08, 07:00 PM
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skidding on nitto b-125s

anybody else have 'em? and if you do, do you agree that they are hard to skid on?
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i find drops difficult to skid on, if u mess up usually ur leg gets shanked
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Why did you repost this? Did you not get enough crap answers the first time.
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Most bars are quite skinny, dropped or otherwise. I'd assume it's rather difficult to skid on any bar. Skidding while using dropped bars as opposed to another style is a whole other matter–good thing you didn't bring that up.
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Why did you repost this? Did you not get enough crap answers the first time.
I searched for it and couldn't find it. I'm a noob
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