How can you skid / How to do skids / skidding

Which one had a 106? I stopped playing after the first Underground.

Underground 2

its perfect weather out now if you n00bs wanna learn how 2 do sik skidz

so how do you do skids then?

It's a pity, but not that surprising, that he doesn't have a friend to hold the camera for him.

I've never been able to pull off a proper sick wheelie. Is it because I'm not making the right little sex grunt?

Macaframa production standards are slipping.

I'm still surprised how hard I find it to wheelie fixed...

...so is he ^^^^^ by the look of things....

its perfect weather out now if you n00bs wanna learn how 2 do sik skidz

so how do you do skids then?

How do you not do skidz today?

I didnt do any skids this mornign.

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At dicki's request:

Now you're just dicking around.

that was possible my first ever " reeeeeeeeppppoooossssssttttt "
i usually frown upon people who do it but that ^^^ is so old
i think member 23 posted it first shortly after he joined

To dry to skid...

I tried doing skid stops too and found it hard, I think I needed straps on the pedals to make it easier. I did keep the brakes on the bike as a precaution, shame this didn't save me when some stupid cow walked out in front of me yapping on her mobile. I panicked, to avoid her I tried back pedalling and hitting the brakes which ended up with my getting thrown over the handlebars and fracturing my elbow.....

lulz.

yes, foot retention is advisable.

heal up soon!

Thank you, I won't be cycling for at least 3 months tho..... :(

best ratio?

lower the easier it is
work out where your legs are at

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48:18 if you live in flat-ish parts of town, works quite well for me

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A bit of a thread necro but couldn't seem to find any more recent threads which were on point. Surprised there's so few discussions of skid technique on a FG forum. Am trying to learn how to skid for the fun of it (don't want to make a habit out of it because tires are expensive and accidents are painful), but am struggling slightly.

I'm terrible at skidding and can't quite figure out if the problem is if I'm not strong enough or if I just don't have the technique. Running 46-17 so ratio shouldn't be the issue. I'm wondering if there's such a thing as being too light to skid? I lock my legs and my pedals come up anyway with all 65kgs of me on them; regardless of whether I lock them at 6 o clock or 9.

Only times I've been able to skid is I'm clipped in and (if the roads are wet) I pull up with a fair amount of force, or if I 'jump' off the back foot and pull up the front foot (which pulls it up with a fair amount of force), but I certainly can't hold that skid on dry asphalt for particularly long. Also easier if I shift all my weight off the saddle when I'm pulling upwards but I imagine seated/unclipped skids should definitely be possible and I can't for the life of me see how?

It's like trackstanding, learn to do it out of seat first (easier) then try and apply seated.

Not done it for years since sold my fixed gear and got old, but there is a trick to it - hard to describe but from memory, it's less about trying to pull backwards as if reverse pedalling, more about dropping knees so your legs lock and the pedals won't turn