Hi I just got my Jamis Sputnik a week ago.
I put a front brake when I bought it but still still I have been trying to skid stop.
You know for the kool effect of it. It seemed imposible to do. I thought that maybe I was gonna have to change the stock gearing (48x15) to something easier. But anyways today I put to practice some of the advice here like trying it first on wet grass, then sand. The trick is to lean forward, and just pull on the front pedal like your life depends on it. Tighter straps on the toeclips are better. Once I got the tecnique I tried on the pavement which might've been a little wet since it had been raining earlier, but still I did it.

man, i'm gonna have to try this some time. it sounds really crazy, how do you control the skid? i don't understand!!

it depends on how fast you are going and how you have your weight distributed on the wheels. typically, you won't be skidding very far until you're comfortable with the technique.

i have a very large room in my loft that has wooden flooring, and i find that to be a good option for learning to skid stop as well.

I learned it first on my P8 as a 12 speed (with horrid rear brake that won't work if you don't unweight) and will learn again with fixed gear soon (I did it once on my buddy's raleigh). The trick is unweighting, get on the handlebars.

At least I can do trackstands consistently...

I couldn't do skids until I rode clipless, that makes it 100 times easier. After that it was easy to do with straps.

I learn my skid with toeclip.....at first I thought trying to resist the forward motion aggresstively will give u better skid but i realise if u use the right amount of backpedal forces to drawn a equal forward motion hence enough to lock up the rear wheel will give u a better skid.

Oh well i am sitll learning.

Hey, this thread is a few weeks old, but I'm in the same boat with the skid stopping.

I rode with a guy the other day that was skip stopping, skid stopping and "punking?" traffic by flicking/bunny hopping? his bike towards cars. Dude was ****in sick!

Anway, I can't skid stop for ****. I ride 45/16 and clipless. I tried it once and damn near buckled over! Arghh!

You guy are f@cking kidding me right, these skidding threads are done to death

Says the person who joined 2 months ago, you don't have to read them ya' know.

oh really, thanks for the update chief

I think what he's getting at is: shut up.

you know what happens when too many rats are confined to a small space

A party?

wait til you learn how to skip... changed my braking life (really)

hot sex?

Jesus, you guys...ever since I joined Bikeforums this morning, all you guys talk about is rats, rats, rats.