Originally Posted by
TenSpeedV2
I have found that weaving side to side while using my legs to slow the cranks down helps in addition to using the front brake. The situation depends on how fast I am going vs what's going on. 19mph down the road and you hit a yellow light that you know you can't make, I start weaving to help slow myself down. I don't skid, I don't know how to skid, I don't want to skid. One method you can look into is the skip stop. I haven't tried this, so I don't know how effective it is.
I skip stop, very good way to slow down. As for OP, I don't have a brake but when I did I used the exact technique you described above and I never had an issue. TenSpeed also has the right idea when he says to weave, it feels a bit easier and it increases your stopping distance. Other than that you seem good to go, knock on wood I've never twisted my ankle riding or felt like I would.