DeusVolt

Now, this question is a bit redundant considering I still have both front and back brakes, but I've been learning to skip stop- and thanks to Sheldon Brown I have it down pretty well.

What I DO have difficulty with is skidding.

However, I learned to skip stop just to give myself another brake, and it seems like it's way better on the tires than straight skidding.

Aside from "street cred", is there any real reason to learn to skid if I can skip stop effectively?

Squirrelli

No.

FShoeezy

Nope, if you can skip stop efficiently there really ain't no need to learn and your tires will thank you. Well, you can skid when all else goes wrong if anything.

DeusVolt

Squirrelli, you answer all my questions.

You're great. : D

Squirrelli

gilmatic

You may as well learn how to skid if you're gonna learn how to skid-stop while having two brakes on your bike. You admitted that skid-stopping for you was unnecessary being you have two breaks on your bike that will stop you must faster than it takes for you to get in the motion of skid-stopping. Remove the back brake if anything.

Sebster

Well your brakes are definitely reliable, but if I was you I would learn skidding anyways to add it to your "quiver" of "oh ****" options
Or just to sup sqrls, show off to bros, etc
Nuts to stem, low gear ratio, pull up/push down, spread your wings (in that order)
Once you get PRO you can seated skid for max points!

homebrewk

Yeah, skidding isn't very good at stopping but it does look good for sqrls and it is hella fun.

The only real disadvantage to skip stopping is that is *may* wear out your rear cog and drivetrain more than brakes/skidding.

Oh yeah, keep your brakes too.

JohnDThompson 

It gives you an excuse to buy a new tire every few weeks.

mth4life

Do it for fun and it makes riding a bit more interesting but brakes will always stop you quicker.

DeusVolt

I'm planning on switching out my flat bars for a set of drop bars in the future. Once I switch the bars, I'll be removing the rear brake, and I learned to skip stop in the event that I ever take off both. I wasn't very specific about that... xD

dtao819

I stopped skidding and started hop skidding. It works pretty well and doesn't kill my tires as fast.

tessartype

I'm always in favour of drops, but: On my bike, for example, the bars are too low for my arms to reach them for stabilization when doing "balls to the stem" skids. Long legs mean the tops are about halfway to my thighs if the legs are straight - had to learn seated skidding straight away.