Originally Posted by
iamthenoise
for those of you who can skid seated:
1. can you skid for a decent distance? (like is it a better for scrubbing speed than say, skip stops)
2. many of you who posted that you can seated skid mention locking your rear leg, and the pedals being parallel to the ground. how is this accomplished sitting or even nearly seated? if i were to log my rear leg and be seated/close to seated, my locked-leg would have to be at the 6 o'clock position. locking my rear leg and having the pedals parallel to the ground would have me standing over my bike (pretty much a standard skid)
1. More for slowing down, not really stopping for me. Mixed with skip stops is very effective. can hold it a little less than when standing skids (not balls-to-stem)
2. To be honest, I don't pay attention anymore to where my feet are, just do it. I dunno, hard to explain. You could try a regular skid and sit during to see the position your legs will be in.