Originally Posted by
kaiju-velo
On a bike with less rake and a short wheel base yes. On a more
road geometry like a De Bernardi Thron or Kogswell not so much
in my experience. I can skid 72 gear inches on a Soma Rush way
easier than 68 on a fixed bike I have that has road geometry
(Kogs Model G)
This is very true. I ran 44x16 on my Bridgestone track bike forever, had no problem skidding. I never bothered to try and skid on my fixed gear road bike with the same gearing until recently - it's ****ing hard. I can't skid my 44x16 Trek conversion for ****.