PLEASE HELP: new stem, hard time skidding
 

I recently picked up the Eighth Inch BMX/freestyle stem. My bikes not "trick track" at all, but I wanted something a lot shorter than what I had and a different position. I think BMX stems and short reach stems on track bikes look really sweet so I bought it... but I'm having a REALLY rough time skidding with it. Every time I go to skid my leg somehow ends up getting bruised up pretty badly and I almost flew off the bars the other day. This is really disappointing because I love the position and the way the stem looks but if I'm not going to be able to skid on it then I'm not sure why I'd keep it. Would going from a 100mm stem to a 50mm affect skid stopping in any way? Should I switch up my ratio? I'm currently running a 46t in the front and a 15 or 14t in the back, it's always been fairly hard to skid and trick. Please help!!

I only have one spacer on my fork but I have room to fit two more if that helps. Should I raise the bars as well?

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Or you can practice skidding

Buy a big wheel. They are easier to do skidz.

Moar deez on stem.
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At least 50mm moar.

I had skidding down perfect with my other 100mm stem which is why I'm pissed.

a shorter stem will give you less leverage to lean forward on.

A lower gear ratio will make it much easier to skid. But really, this is the best advice:

...maybe you should change back stems.

Uhh dude. Going from 100mm to 50mm is stupid. Srsly?

The reason you're having such trouble is because YOUR STEM IS WAY TOO DAMN SHORT.

It seems ironic that someone who always advocates brakes doesn't have a brake on his own bike.

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I would recommend trying harder. Or not bother skidding just for the sake of skidding. It's not a trick.

skidding is fun so i can understand why your upset, it seems odd that a shorter stem is making it harder, i tend to lock my left leg under my handle bars so having the bars as close as possible is what i want. are you using cages?

i would like to run a poll someday to find out if there is a correlation, riders who cant skid/ track stand and riders who run their mouths about how dumb it is.

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