None of the posts on this page are. I didn't realize you where responding to something numerous posts back.

I still disagree with dirty photons however. Yes you could clearly stop faster if you could vary the normal force so much that you stopped on the first skid. That is skipping however. Yes normal force doesn;t have to always average over distance however in this case the occillations of the normal force are tied directly to distance by the pedals. Therefore in the specific case of skipping it does average over distance.(unless the occilation is of some wierd shape but that would not be "like skipping")

That whole argument is immaterial anyway. The normal force is not the limiting factor in normal cyclists skidding or skipping. If it was people wouldn't lean forward to do them. The limiting factor is leg strength so the fastest way to stop should be a skid and modulated the normal force by shifting your weight forward and backwards.

I for one prefer to use implements designed for the stresses of dynamic friction when dynamic friction is neccessary to stop however so its kinda moot point for me. I do however understand the physics here I just did not reread the entire thread as I'm sure most people who had read it before did.