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I'm curious about the ease of skidding on a road frame and track frame, when I had my road bike conversion, I couldn't do skid for the life of me, even after adding a decent gear ratio, it was nigh on impossible, and decided that I simply lack the skill to skid on a fixed wheel bicycle.
that is, until I sold the bike for a track bike.
within five minutes, and quite by accident I must add, I just let out a tiny skid when slowing down for a traffic light in clapham (was cycling the new bike back to Wimbledon with a NoBrake), even on a rather high gear ratio (16/48), by the time I got a 19t cog it's bloody easy.
I thought it's just my bike, being a peugeot with standard tubing and relaxed geomity, but I heard the same story with other people who built a road bike fixed wheel conversion.
Why exactly is it harder to skid on a road frame? is there any logical explantion for that?