Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Un-weighting the rear wheel is over-emphasized, IMO. More useful for learning and longskids, really, than for slowing and stopping in traffic. The more weight you can keep on the rear wheel while doing these things, the more effective they are.
+1
it takes time (
read distance at high speed) to unweight the wheel, if youre in traffic, you can skip and skid in the same motion and slow down faster, or a series of fast skips. or if riding in very heavy traffic, switch to a lower gear ratio and skid while in the saddle. also its much better to learn with both feet, emphasizing on one foot would be ok if you really had to, but your feet are synchronized 180 degrees apart, thats not going to change.