Originally Posted by andre nickatina
perfect advice. i remembered the whole ankle flicking thing today so i gave it a try, worked first try through. from there i got the timing down to lift the wheel than apply reverse pressure, and from there got the small skid every half rotation. it makes me feel like a lil kid doing it for some reason and i'm super stoked to have this down now, it should make my back tire last longer and seems like it'd come in handy on hills.
anyone throw skips exclusively, even for those fast stops where you're going fast and the light goes red but you don't have the clearance to make it past? seems to get me stopped pretty efficiently but i'm not sure if i'm stoppign as fast this way as if i threw down a skid. but they are super easy to execute compared to a skid when you're going fast on dry pavement.
well if you keep your weight to the rear it helps the tire bite more
I rarely skid completely to a stop, a couple sharp skips plus backpedal is what I typically do, even if I need to stop ASAFP.
with some practice, little skip skids can be done without hardly getting out of the saddle, once your going slower and your cadence is low, its quite easy to overpower the cranks and stop, I find myself skidding by accident sometimes when its wet when I really backpedal hard
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