Had one, until this morning's practice session

Thanks to you all, I was able to rip off three skids this morning using the pelvic thrust and bunny hop methods described above. The bad news is: just like they tell you: you'll spin a cog right off a suicide hub by skidding, no matter how much red locktite you use. On the third skid that damned "Yakkety Sax" music started playing in my head again as I pedaled furiously to screw the cog back on before I went down. Didn't go down (thankfully at my age) and no damage to anything. Just have a new maintenance job while the snow flies again.

No matter how hard a noob tries, the downward flaming spiral is unavoidable.

Thanks for all the pointers; hope this thread paid you back with a chuckle or two!