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@Dangeruss
Not totally sure what the OP after... If you wanna stop quickly and you have a front brake then you use you legs and brake in combination to stop, but the OP seems to be obsessed with 'skidding'... If i ride brakeless i actually try to AVOID skidding, i try to foresee what the traffic/peds are doing ahead of me and ride in a way that takes them into consideration.... And the whole 'getting your balls over the stem' is great advice if you wanna skid as far as possible, but if the aim is to stop then you want as much weight over the back wheel as possible.... Think about it... And although its not the general rule i know people who can ride and skid without clips just fine, it's just very difficult, but these are the same people who ride hills and pop wheelies on 52-16... Chickin.... Go figure...?!