Originally Posted by
bonechilling
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 ****.
and, yeah, skidding my 39x14 mtb is nearly impossible. i had to work on it one day when the weather sucked. i was riding so slow, because i just could barely stop. nor pick up speed, on that ratio.