Stopping with no brakes

Hello all, sorry if this is an old chestnut, but i've just started riding a no-brake pursuit bike. I need a really good stopping technique. at present i stick my arse in the air a bit, lean forward and lock my leading leg and pull up with the other. Is that the best or are there others? I've seen some side-skid moves that look pretty effective

hockstops and skipping I understand are the best ways to slow down.

both involve skidding for a short time with one foot forward then the next, the hocky stop just means you are flicking the rear out to one side each time rather than going straight.

If you don't have a good stopping technique already i'd stick a brake on there asap... till you are confident you can stop without any problems.

winston, you said something about lots of accidents at the moment..

Two good resources discussing stopping:

63cx's Fixed Gear 101

Puma's Fixie booklet (maybe made by the corporate but still decent info in there).

If you're riding brakeless as a newbie, don't go any faster than you can stop. You've got to have the skills to pay the bills (or something).

has the rear wheel got to come off the ground at all?

just read the first two pages of that Puma booklet, if you want to have breaks ride a sigle speed if you want to ride a fixed gear don't have breaks. Right yes I must have my bike setup as you state you w@nker.

squoocher has the rear wheel got to come off the ground at all?

depends on the ground surface sometimes. in london it's quite easy to skip i'd say... shitty road surfaces

TheBrick(Tommy) just read the first two pages of that Puma booklet, if you want to have breaks ride a sigle speed if you want to ride a fixed gear don't have breaks. Right yes I must have my bike setup as you state you w@nker.

Yeah, don't necessarily agree with all the attitude in there, but its a surprisingly decent amount of info in there. Some good advice, some poor but its not a bad place to start. Just looked at it again and of course it doesn't really say jack about how to stop, which is great when the suggest riding brakeless for newbies.

squoocher: when you get good at skidding/skipping you shouldn't need to lift the wheel noticeably or come out of the saddle much. But more important practice with both feet forward. Its easy to get good with one foot combo, but the other way around takes some skill.

TheBrick(Tommy) just read the first two pages of that Puma booklet, if you want to have breaks ride a sigle speed if you want to ride a fixed gear don't have breaks. Right yes I must have my bike setup as you state you w@nker.

How long before they are sued by the parents of some squashed kid?

squoocher has the rear wheel got to come off the ground at all?

If you're riding brakeless and skidding and the rear wheel leaves the ground.. what's slowing you down? (Wrong: the back of the bus you were hoping to avoid)

If you're new to fixed - fit brakes.
Fsck it, even if you're a veteran, fit brakes.

buses ARE my brakes 8^P

Yeah, I can tell that by your face.

(ooh that's harsh but it was too good not to type :D)

haha, basket

How do you go through Southall? It'd be like dozy ped dominos! :)

follow a bus 8^)

wossa "pursuit bike"in this context....if it's a lo-pro frame with tri-bars and a high gear....you're really gonna have problems stopping without brakes no matter what "technique" you choose to adopt...put a brake on....you'll be surprised at just how good they are at "braking" (amazing huh?). It could save your life...especially if you're in the classic "I can't see more than 10 yards ahead of me" pursuiters position.

its a sannino pursuit frame with no room for a brake, don't know the tech details but its fairly low geared so stopping is quite easy in theory

http://velospace.org/node/505

In other words, quite hard to get your body weight back quickly.. making it hard to stop. Fork swap + Brakes.

Does it have a smaller front wheel? Cool. I like.

650cc

GSX-R 1100cc

he's wearing unscuffed sidis! he must be a f***nger..

put it like this - if you ride brakeless - my stopping distance with one front brake is half with your stopping distance with none - so if you race me

I will deliberately ride you into the back of a bus