Ate it really hard on my Windsor the other day.
 

It was terrible. I swapped the stock 46t chainring for a 39t, hoping it'd be easier to skid and whatnot. So I rode pretty quick, leaned on my bars, locked my legs, then disaster. I don't even know what happened, but I got pretty messed up. Pedals threw me over my bars and I rolled onto my head, to my shoulder, to my back, to my hip, then to my knee. Missing chunks of skin everywhere. My handlebars got bent.

Yeah... just thought i'd share that.

Might want to invest in brakes. That's why I'd pick the Messenger over the Windsor; brakes are built in.

Damn man, sorry to hear that? Have you been to the doctor? Don't want to find out a week from now you broke a bone or suffered a concussion or something.

Did anything else come loose? Did the chain skip off? Are the chain-ring bolts on tight? I'm just trying to figure out what went wrong. I figure, if it's a mechanical issue you can save yourself another crash if you find out what the hell happened.

I really have no idea what happened. I was going in a straight line and everything.

Oh. I thought you were trying to brake by skidding.

Sounds like a typical endo. I bet when you leaned on your bars your weight wasn't even.

Get a brake.

w/a 39T chainring? you should be able to lock up without even lifting out of the saddle

I think you underestimated the power of the 39 tooth chainring. Thinking the change in chainrings would allow you to skid. You let your guard down and just as you went to skid, your bike bucked you off.

damn, 39tooth?? you should be able to do seated skids no problem.

Did you hit a little dip or maybe a rock or something? With your weight teetering on the handlebars on top of going at a brisk pace, any sudden change in terrain could've sent you overboard.

BTW, I am still trying to figure out the appeal of this "skid" thing. Perhaps it's like the Tokyo Drift type of thing? Seems idiotic to me, but whatever. Flat spots on my tires would drive me crazy.

You guys are getting out of hand with that 'shoulda had a break' ****.

Saying everyone should have a brake is as bad as that idiot who says no one should ride with brakes.

Even if dude had a front brake for emergencies, he can't go out and figure out how to skid?! Give it a rest. He's trying to pick up a bike handling skill.

Maybe he just did it wrong :) No big deal, if you really want to learn how to do it try it again and again till you get it right (and thats coming from a guy that rides a SS and uses front AND rear brakes! :lol: ) Good luck and I hope every thing heals fast :thumb:

people crash all the time. it's nothing special. sack up, Jennifer.

You can skid with a rear brake too. Much easier than skidding with pedals that won't stop rotating.

pics or you pwned by a cross dressing transvestite :D

beat me to it.

Pics or no happen ever.

Any pics of the bike?

ouch. heal up quick and throw some brakes on the bike.

I still don't understand why you guys are telling him to get brakes. It's so irrelevant to his situation.

But anyways, I've always wondered what those MASH guys' gear ratios are. They make skidding look so easy, even at fast speeds.

If he'd had brakes, he'd at least have had the option of stopping the way 99% of people who ride bicycles do.

That's true but he was actually trying to skid. That's why he changed his chainring for easier skidding.

"So I rode pretty quick, leaned on my bars, locked my legs..."

You understand my frustration with this board...people giving advice to something irrelevant. I call troll.

+1

htfu