skipping
11-03-05 | 07:27 AM
#3
aka mattio
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there have been a bunch of threads on this lately, which can give you some more insight and more indepth arguments and debates and information and whatnot, but basically, try to give your rear wheel a tiny little hop--toeclips or clipless pedals may be very helpful here--and, upon landing this tiny little hop, your tire will scrub against the pavement, because you will have stopped or slowed the movement of the wheel.
you can get to the point where you don't need to hop--you can do it by leaning forward. some people argue this is just a mini skid, but it doesn't matter. i slow down--especially in wet weather on smoothe roads--by doing these repetively, every 180 degrees of pedals. and the movement of your legs feels like you're skipping (skipping as in, loo, loo, skip to my loo; not skipping like a flat stone across a pond).
it's a great way to stop. i very rarely skid.
by the by: i rode in nyc for the first time in a while this weekend, and i found the roads to be much more conducive to skidding--maybe they're greasier than my small city in connecticut?
anybody notice that?
you can get to the point where you don't need to hop--you can do it by leaning forward. some people argue this is just a mini skid, but it doesn't matter. i slow down--especially in wet weather on smoothe roads--by doing these repetively, every 180 degrees of pedals. and the movement of your legs feels like you're skipping (skipping as in, loo, loo, skip to my loo; not skipping like a flat stone across a pond).
it's a great way to stop. i very rarely skid.
by the by: i rode in nyc for the first time in a while this weekend, and i found the roads to be much more conducive to skidding--maybe they're greasier than my small city in connecticut?
anybody notice that?
11-03-05 | 07:36 AM
#5
jack of one or two trades
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Suburbia, CT
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#1. Have either clipless pedals or cages that are tight.
#2. When you have your butt off the saddle, and a pedal is coming up, hop a little bit by jumping off your rear leg and pull up on your front leg a little. This should feel kind of like you are skipping on the ground, except you can't drive your knee up like you would because your foot is attached to the pedal.
#3. With any luck, the rear of the bike either came off the ground slightly, or you unweighted the rear significantly. When you are coming down from this tiny hop, put most of your weight on the rear pedal. This will cause a tiny skid, and the inertia of the bike will overcome this (small) resistance quickly and push the pedals back in the normal direction. But, it will have scrubbed off a fair bit of speed.
#4. Repeat on the next 1/2 revolution of the pedals, with the opposite foot. Fun for the whole family.
#2. When you have your butt off the saddle, and a pedal is coming up, hop a little bit by jumping off your rear leg and pull up on your front leg a little. This should feel kind of like you are skipping on the ground, except you can't drive your knee up like you would because your foot is attached to the pedal.
#3. With any luck, the rear of the bike either came off the ground slightly, or you unweighted the rear significantly. When you are coming down from this tiny hop, put most of your weight on the rear pedal. This will cause a tiny skid, and the inertia of the bike will overcome this (small) resistance quickly and push the pedals back in the normal direction. But, it will have scrubbed off a fair bit of speed.
#4. Repeat on the next 1/2 revolution of the pedals, with the opposite foot. Fun for the whole family.
