Originally Posted by jessefive
Its real simple. Drink 5 or more beers while it rains heavily. On the ride home convince yourself that you're going to be able to skid. Skid.
Then the next morning when it's dry out, go out and try it, so you don't think it was just a dream. Problem solved, skidding accomplished.
It was a good weekend...
And that sets up my skidding failure story... 5 or so beers in, it was time for a bar change so i am riding down 24th street on my way to west philly and i lean forward put my junk on the handle bars before i know it i'm slidding across the ground. My feet are locked, but i think i was doing it wrong. THe impression i got was the bike was supposed to be skidding with you on top, not you skidding with the bike on top. Anyway, me and 24th street, we're blood brothers now. I've got a little asphalt in my left leg, 24th street has a little of me in it. My left leg was the only injury i had thankfully which led to my buddys comment that i appreciated: "think of it as a battle between your two legs, your right leg won"