Originally Posted by
genejockey
Wait, what? I gotta say, this is completely contrary to my experience. Skidding the rear wheel is very easy. Most recently I did it while practicing hard braking coming down a hill approaching a stop sign at 35 mph. At maximum braking force, I heard a *FFFFF* sound and could feel the rear of the bike slide to the left just a hair, so I let up on the rear brake slightly, the sound stopped and the rear end slipped back in line again,
Gotta say sliding to "the left just a hair" with you operating at such extremes doesn't negate what I actually said. That's a lot of effort to engage in to produce something that barely qualifies as a skid. Seriously, how often do you do a complete brake slam going 35 mph? And doesn't the fact that it had essentially no consequence completely negate this "only use the front brake" nonsense?