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@Momentum
Haha - that will teach me not to post from mobile internet. Stupid tiny computer gizmos.
Hockey stop is when you turn the bars while pulling a little skid so that the back end of the bike swings around. It stops you in a shorter distance than a normal skid. I'm not very good at it and don't use it very often, but it's my main emergency brake tactic. Doesn't eat tyres in the same way as long skids but you get some cool sideways skid marks on the tyre!
Also I run 49x19 so get 19 skid patches which helps with the tyre wear.