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If in doubt do what mander said and GIS "spokes" you will find the answer real quick.
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Skidding doesn't stop a bike going downhill.
SKIPPING stops a bike going downhill. I can't figure out why everyone's all into skids. They're too long and too destructive to my tires. Skipping stops me faster and with (I think?) less wear on my tire. |
if you have to ask, you need to install a brake asap. this trend + hills is killing people, seriously...
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Just pull up your pants
and do the roc away. |
Originally Posted by jgarcia186
(Post 6081913)
If in doubt do what mander said and GIS "spokes" you will find the answer real quick.
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HAHA Classic
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Can someone inform me what skips are? DO NOT KNOW
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look for a convenient shrubbery to cushion the impending crash. avoid the tree, dog, truck, and close lying buildings. I actually plowed a fiat uno into a house while in italy. once.
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Originally Posted by ryansexton
(Post 6082352)
Can someone inform me what skips are? DO NOT KNOW
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H63FivObTLM&feature=related take note at 34 sec how he locks his feet. that is a skip |
Originally Posted by pedex
(Post 6081137)
flex your ankles
first a hard but short stab on descending front pedal then pushdown on rear upcoming pedal while pulling up on the front, or use the rear upcoming pedal to spring off of, works either way here do this while off the bike: standing feet together, barely flex your ankles at all but just enough to jump off the ground, do this with your legs stiff, its all ankle power same deal on the bike the idea is to get your body weight OFF the bike for a split second, once your body weight is in mid air so to speak you can over power the rear wheel quite easily once youve done it a few times you can do sort of a rocking motion with the cranks and do a whole bunch of little 6-12" skids and never leave the saddle it isn't so much a brute force type maneuver but finesse and timing, it really doesn't take a bunch of effort to do it if you have had some practice Thank you for this tip. Now I can skid-stop on a 48X18 and and 46 X 18 and I am not a young or strong hipster at all! I was always thinking -- if skidding is so bad for the kness then all this young dudes should be in hospitals with blown kneecaps by now! I will still use a front brake but I think if I use a 42 in the front, this would be even easier to do. I think necessary skill to cultivate just in casef my front brake fails! |
Originally Posted by logdrum
(Post 6103351)
Pedex!!!
Thank you for this tip. Now I can skid-stop on a 48X18 and and 46 X 18 and I am not a young or strong hipster at all! I was always thinking -- if skidding is so bad for the kness then all this young dudes should be in hospitals with blown kneecaps by now! I will still use a front brake but I think if I use a 42 in the front, this would be even easier to do. I think necessary skill to cultivate just in casef my front brake fails! this forum should have a skidding technique sticky, why it doesn't I do not know, but based on the serious lack of answers when it comes to explaining it means one thing, most can't do it next up: bunny hopping a fixed gear |
Originally Posted by Igneous Faction
(Post 6081917)
Skidding doesn't stop a bike going downhill.
SKIPPING stops a bike going downhill. I can't figure out why everyone's all into skids. They're too long and too destructive to my tires. Skipping stops me faster and with (I think?) less wear on my tire. -you dont understand why people are "all into skids", you don't like going through tire after tire, and so your final solution to this dilemma is that "skipping" around is the most efficient way of stopping? sounds to me like a brake is the real answer, but you can't sacrifice the loss in cool points. |
I can skid on 48x16 in the saddle all day long. Like said before its all about technique. A wet (and preferably freshly paved) parking lot is a good place to get it down.
For me, snapping my 'down push' foot tends to break traction the easiest. Lifting your butt a few inches out of the saddle gives you considerably more stopping power as well. The best advice has been given though already... Do not go any faster than you can comfortably stop... and throw a muhf'in brake on your bike. |
Originally Posted by pedex
(Post 6103742)
:) next up: bunny hopping a fixed gear
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Originally Posted by reckon
(Post 6104427)
patiently awaiting the you tube vid :D
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