Right leg doesn't do much after skids

aidan [quote]Frank Glass I ride 46 and 16...its too high and I am in the process of having wheels built and getting a lower gear...I can skid it no problem and it is the gear that I have always ridden since I started riding fixed about a year and a couple months ago...but recently I have noticed that my right knee, though not painful, is a little stressed out...so I have decided not to do skids and skips until I get my new wheels...it was nice this morning as it made me ride at a really nice leisurely pace and my knees are definitely more chilled out right now...oops, gotta bounce! but yeah, get a lower gear and take care of those knees!

Peace

your going to drop the gear even more just to skid?..what happened to riding a bike..i recently changed my chainring from a 52 to a 42(for polo) with a 16t sproket..now i am spinning like a idiot![/quote]

well the 46 16 is like 77 inches, which I think is quite high...dropping it to a 46 17 won't leave me spinning like a madman I think...and also sometimes you want to ride hard in which case you might need to skid (if riding brakeless)...and also skidding can be fun hehe...so yeah, I need to drop it so I can skid without hurting me knees...but as I said in my post above, it made me ride more leisurely this morning and I liked that, so maybe I will want to skid less anyways...