this morning i noticed that i pull up on my front foot cage a lot to skip or skid. does anybosy else do that? is it weird? poor technique? i am thinking it's probably not the right way to do it.
after that i consciously tried not to do it and was able to avoid it but i think it's kind of memorized by my muscles. does anyone have any pointers to correct that technique?

i do it this way too..... **********

This ain't ballet. Do whatever you like that works. Do you put your weight far forward or keep it more centered over the middle of the bike?

When I rode clipless, I used to not lean as far forward, which made for more forceful but shorter skids. With toe clips, I find it easier to skid by leaning forward, but will lean back if I'm trying to stop at the bottom of a steep hill, or something like that

Go with what works, try different things, skidding is fun!!

werd, i also put a dowl into my rear spokes to skid.