Thanks everyone, I will practise that brake/ slide. I thought it would be a handy trick to know if the situation needed it.
Yes i do use a front brake, I am trying to decide whether to use my track bike onroad or adapt an old clunker to fixed.
My tracky has a repacement set of forks which are obviously road forks as they are drilled for brakes.
Also guys I have used forums for computer related questions and love being a part of the community, so don't worry, this will be one of my second homes ['']. Riding my bike is my biggest passion, unfortunately I only discovered track at the age of 40, but the feeling of the track is incredible.
I rode state and national masters on the Dunc Grey velo last year-pre Olympic, in the individual pursuit-3000m and the feeling of being pushed out of the corners was something that is fantastic.
Anyway enough rambling I should really post this info in the propper posting.
regards to all, sillystorm