I should have posted it when it happened. I recently (a month or so ago) took off my front brake. I had never really tried the skid thing. One evening on my way home, I was coming to an intersection and there were more cars there than usual. I figured that was about as good a time as any to learn how to skid. It worked great and now I'm thinking I need to rotate my tires. Furthermore, I got some great new bars the other day. Bullhorns with a 40 degree drop. They make it much easier to push my weight forward than the regular drop bars. I think I have about the same stopping distance that I had with a brake.