Ha! This will only mean something to those in attendance last night but...
I just took my 48T chainring off and put a 42T on. Skidding is now a piece of piss and I seem better at my attempts to trackstand. I guess it makes sense. I'm doing a lot of miles at the moment and perhaps my legs are too tired midweek to push the ratio I had fixed.
I'm going to stick to 42x16 until I get the techniques nailed before moving back up.
I've gone from only being able to do pissy little hoppy skids to nice long steady ones tonight. Goodbye tyres! Now for trackstanding practice. My cat is not amused.