I've been trying for two days and still can't do it, tips anyone?

P.s - I'm just going to laugh at all the insult posts about wanting to even attempt this, so go ahead.

'trix r gay'

Tricks are fun. Anyway, I can only do it if the roads are wet, but I just skid with my weight about 75% forward, turn the bars to the left, lean to the left, and push the rear of the bike around with my legs. On dray pavement I can only get to about 90 degress, I guess I could just go faster, but I don't want to.

Yeah, I'm the same way, I mostly skid when its wet because I go further and its more fun. So I'm mostly looking for tips for wet conditions. I don't think I have the experience, ability, or strength to do a 180 on dry ground

are you good enough at doing the quick side skids, like whipping the tail 45 degrees while barely out of the saddle? - if you aren't, you should get comfortable with the feeling of those first; if you are, the action of swinging the bike around for a 180 on a long skid shouldn't take much time to get down.

I am pretty noob. Do you mean like slight fish tails? I can do them quite comfortably without it being a huge scare, but I can't do them always on demand.

i guess slight fish tails, i don't really know how to phrase the different maneuvers but you seem to know what i mean. - just get comfy with doing those at like 15-20mph and a 180 will feel like nothing. at least that's how it went for me.

wear an old puffy hoodie tho

I've never really thought out a written explanation, but here is what I do...I think.
Skid in a straight line and get the comfort spot over the bars where you feel like you have the best control.
Start turning towards your 180 direction of preference. (Think long swooping skid like going around a curve)
When you feel like you are at a comfortable speed to do your 180 use your hips to push the bike around and twist with your upper body/shoulders at the same time.

Then, go back in the opposite way to pick up your hat that fell off 20 yards back and do the same thing but this time lean down and pick up your hat mid 180 and then you're set!

Speed wise, how fast should I be going for the 180s? To me, it seems like 8-12 miles an hour would be good, but I really know **** all.

like running speed maybe, i honestly don't know what 8-12mph is supposed to feel like. i just have cruising, moving and booking modes.

So you're saying a pretty mid-pace?

whatever feels right. you'll know whether or not you have enough momentum going into the skid, just don't over think things.

i'm clipped in with clipless pedals. so anything that involves finding myself eventually rolling backward is really frightening. i skid skip to slow down and i use both sides/legs. but i really would love to control the skidding enough to rip a long perfect 180 degree stop right up to a light.

trix r gay

Fixed and Clipless just seems scary to me. My first experience with both (seperate) was bad, so I can only assume putting them both in one can be terrible.

false.

I was talking personally. I hate being trapped in.

Look over your shoulder at your rear axle nut on the side of the bike that is the same as the direction you are skidding 180. If you are doing a 180 to the left, look at at (or in the general direction of) your left rear axle nut.

Haven't you seen RAD, wherever your head goes the bike follows. ; )

you aren't trapped. You turn your feet and hey! you're out.

False.

lean forward, whip tail around... ya ain't gonna learn on the internet.

has anyone taco'd a rim while learning this?

if you taco a wheel skidding, you need to drop more than a bill on a wheel.

i just throw my weight over the bars and look behind me. wet or dry, they're pretty fun, sometimes i feel safer doing them dry because in the wet i sometimes whip it around so fast that it catches me off balance. also, i think it's all in how you angle/torque the bike as you slide the 180. but the looking behind is what helped me. they're very practicaly for those moments you're biking one way, you see a friend biking another, and then you both spontaneously decide to turn around and stop for a chat.

fixed and clipless feels a lot better for me in traffic. however, i refuse to try any type of trick with clipless except 180 skids and bunny hops.