So I'm about to buy a new wheel set and I need tire recommendations for the back tire. I have a Pro4 in the front, and I'm riding brakeless so I will skid when I need to and I need a fast, light tire that can withstand a little skidding.

Light =/= skidding.

Get a brake or stop skidding if you want to use decent tires.

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Any remotely lightweight tire isn't going to hold up to skidding.

I don't skid often, just when I need to. Maybe once a week for a second?

Why bother skidding at all? I ride brakeless and never find myself needing to skid.

You're not living on the edge.

Am I on the edge, Nagrom?

i've HEARD good things about fyxation session tires and skidding. but i don't skid so i don't know. i run rubino.

I like to skid into a no-handed track stand sometimes. For the sqrrls, ya dig?

Use an everwear.

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Do you ride in a pretty open area? How do you control your speed down steep hills?
Edit: this question is directed towards Scrod

Don't skid down hills. You'll kill your tires. The key is to not go fast, ever. Pull up as much a you're pushing down.

Bounce the back wheel up and down...and use your legs to resist pedal force....simple...right?

if I'm going fast down a hill, I find it hard to slow down quickly.

That's because you can't. Once you get momentum you're screwed. You have to keep your speed in check from the beginning.

I personally bomb the **** out of hills and i have no brakes nor do i skid, i live in a congested area with lots of young terrible drivers and plenty of traffic signals

the difference is i know if i can fly down the whole hill when im at the top of it. I dont get to the intersection at 35 mph and say "****, i have to stop in 10 feet"

if i know im potentially going to have to stop soon i dont spin it up that fast

that being said dont get armadillos, cuz they dont like the sw8 skids

Become an ambidextrous skidder....that helps...plus turn your bike sideways, like a power slide in skateboarding.

You're also newtofixedgears.

You guys sure seem to make a lot of sacrifices just so you can not have a brake. Personally, I choose nice tires and piece of mind.

Cool generalization, bro. I may ride brakeless most of the time but use nice tires and don't need to ride like an idiot. As Mumonkan said, I'm not going to fly down a hill with a busy intersection at the bottom and have to panic stop if I want to live. Instead, I ride responsibly.

FWIW, I see roadies (who obviously have brakes) riding like wreckless ******** through congested downtown areas - which is something I wouldn't do regardless of whether or not I had brakes.

Also, there's already one stupid thread where brakes are being discussed. This stupid thread is about tires.

Pff, yeah right. Gatorskins, or Thickslicks if you don't want to spend as much.

I've seen enough. Locking because this has strayed from OP's question.

This^. Best compromise imo. And yes get a brake(a).