View Poll Results: [SKIDDING HABIT] Do you still skid?

Yes i skid on every ride and buy new tires every other month

28.04%

Not anymore, i did when i first started but i know better now that it's not actually practical

44.86%

Never skidded because i dont.know.how/afraid.to.learn/live.in.a.cave.never.heard.of.skid

27.10%

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Do you still skid?

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03-08-11 | 10:32 PM

#76

jdgesus

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From: seattle, too many links

Bikes: fixed gear recumbent trike

i popped my collar once while skidding

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crabon/campy/rapha/roadie-bro.

next step is recumbent.

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03-08-11 | 11:00 PM

#77

Squirrelli

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03-08-11 | 11:18 PM

#78

jdgesus

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From: seattle, too many links

Bikes: fixed gear recumbent trike

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Originally Posted by yummygooey

crabon/campy/rapha/roadie-bro.

next step is recumbent.

my bikes | bike blog | beer blog | work 1 | work 2

03-09-11 | 11:28 AM

#79

rkd350z

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Joined: Dec 2010

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From: SoCal

Bikes: Mercier Kilo TT, 1979 Rampar R2

I skid my front wheel

03-09-11 | 11:43 AM

#80

seau grateau

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From: PHL

Bikes: Litespeed Catalyst, IRO Rob Roy, All City Big Block

Quote:

Originally Posted by LupinIII

THUG LYFE: bust skids, smoke trees

This.

03-09-11 | 12:56 PM

#81

hairnet

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Joined: Apr 2009

Posts: 13,190

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From: Los Angeles

Bikes: N+1

Sometimes I just yank my rear brake and skid circles around the ladies as the hipster try to tarck stand and stare

03-09-11 | 07:43 PM

#82

leed

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I do skid, but I probably go through a tire every 6 months or more.

03-10-11 | 12:18 AM

#83

fillafull

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hop.stop

03-10-11 | 12:44 AM

#84

c0urt

moving target

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 2,952

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From: birmingham, al

Bikes: looks like a specialized crux now

Quote:

Originally Posted by evilcryalotmore

edit: Has anyone of users pop tubes skidding?

thankfully no, but i have ruined a tire and decided it would be best to change the tire on the side of the road before I went home. I was riding the ferry and had time to inspect it.