so the numbers have changed since the last time a poll like this was done.
lets get an updated percentage to better capture our new and changing ssfg population
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no this poll did not work

I only skid on hill climbs.

Maybe

only on the way to the rave party/in front of hipster girls.

I have to settle for sorority girls.

I do when it rains just to see how far I can go, other than that not intentionally. It happens occasionally in a quick stop as I grab the front brake and my legs lock up.

I skid when I feel like it. It's fun, but it takes a lot more effort than squeezing my hand on the brake lever. I'm currently running a ratio that I don't feel comfortable skidding at unless I get substantially out of my saddle, so I usually just back pedal or use my front brake.

It's also super duper fun to find a snowy parking or parking garage roof and slide around.

i do all the time but it's only a problem when i'm using my track bike as my primary errand/transport/commute bike, like this past week.

Mostly unintentionally. Mashing at lights on sketchy pavement, emergency car-interaction situations and the like.

Rarely, intentionally. And only for sup girls.

only in an emergency when i use both the front brake and lock the rear accidentally by back-pedalling a bit too eagerly

whip skids if i need to kill a lot of speed quickly, otherwise hop skip.

i skid as my main form of stopping and I run a suicide brake for emergencies. put 500+ miles on the fixie daily commuting this way.

(before new ESI grips)



and how my back tire looks.

my only emergency brake is to ted shred!

We all skid in secrecy!

I do sometimes for giggles. depends on what part of town I am in.

but i had a cop follow me a block home just to tell me my bike didnt have reflectors,
so I tend to keep my silliness to a minimum when I am in the north side of town where I live.

i skid all the time because why not. used tires are still cheaper than gas, and i'm not going through them that quickly

+1

I still skid, though not that often... I do it for fun once in a while...

i still skid quite often to kill speed. i figure even if i bought whole new tire set every month it'd still be cheaper than car insurance. i figure eventually i'll buy/install a front brake. until then, skidz it iz.

I dont normally skid, I'll skip to a stop or resist, I like to skid only when I'm trying to entertain myself lol.

Skidding is too mainstream.
So I don't skid except when doing it ironically.

I skid a lot when it was more icy out but not so much anymore. I still skip sometimes, but mostly brake and back pedalling.

I skidded a bit when I first started riding fixed not because "I didn't know better" as the middle option indicates but simply because I could. Now that I've mastered it, I don't really do it anymore because tires are expensive and anyone who'll be impressed by a fixed gear skid is probably not worth impressing.

...every once in a while if I see a nice long patch of grass still slick with morning dew, I can't resist though.

I skid occasionally for fun or at a skid competition other than that its all leg or hand brake