The joys of hydralic discs.

Btw, as the hydralic discs may suggest, I am a mountain biker, and was on a mountain bike, and as such can get my weight so far back I can get virtually sit behind the rear wheel. May have something to do with my my front wheel skidded, althought I don't recall going THAT far back.

Also, curiosity again, why is locking the front wheel so much worse than the back? I can understand if it gets airbourne and comes slamming back down when locked up hard, but why is skidding it so bad?

All this stuff people are saying though, I was kinda after actual stories, I'm wondering if you actually end up doing a perfect textbook stop when your about to go headlong into a stream of traffic or if something else takes over, and what generally ends up happeneing.