Right leg doesn't do much after skids

So yesterday I was practicing skidding for the first time. I'm not that great at it but I've got the technique. When I got in my left leg has full mobility but my right leg can't raise of a certain angle. When I thrust it up it just falls back down as if it's dead. anyone have any ideas what it could be?

Unless there happens to be a doctor or physio on this forum, I'd make an appointment with a relevant professional!

Yeah take it easy on the skids for a whiele you can pull your kness bad especially if your legs are not acustomed to the force. Look after your knees!

sounds very odd. is it painful? swollen? if not, it could be possessed. go to the doctor. if that doesn't help, burn some sage.

It's not swollen and not more painful than normal after a commute to work. I'll leave the skids for a while now until I get a larger cog. I'm running 48x16 right now and I'm swapping the 16T cog for a 17T cog. If that's not light enough I'll get a 19T.

Cajeta sounds very odd. is it painful? swollen? if not, it could be possessed. go to the doctor. if that doesn't help, burn some sage.

On slilent witness (yes I am boaring) last week there was some guy in Dalston who was a whitch doctor, maybe he could help?

andrewleitch86 It's not swollen and not more painful than normal after a commute to work. I'll leave the skids for a while now until I get a larger cog. I'm running 48x16 right now and I'm swapping the 16T cog for a 17T cog. If that's not light enough I'll get a 19T.

48:16 is a really hard gear to skid anyway, let alone when u are first learning..... I used 48:20 when I taught myself, then , once u get it u can skid any gear (within reason)

Yeah I managed to force some semi-decent skids out so I think I may have just over done it.

i taught myself on 49:15, then you can skid in any gear... .

Are your legs like trees?

hehe same thing happened to me exactly.. try pushing down with your back leg a bit more, but essentially you're just using muscles that you've probably never used before. In about 2 days you'll be able to move your leg again, keep trying but go easy on your leg, eventually the muscle will be able to take it.

I've never used most of my muscles before :P

I ride 46 and 16...its too high and I am in the process of having wheels built and getting a lower gear...I can skid it no problem and it is the gear that I have always ridden since I started riding fixed about a year and a couple months ago...but recently I have noticed that my right knee, though not painful, is a little stressed out...so I have decided not to do skids and skips until I get my new wheels...it was nice this morning as it made me ride at a really nice leisurely pace and my knees are definitely more chilled out right now...oops, gotta bounce! but yeah, get a lower gear and take care of those knees!

Peace

I had exactly the same thing after the first time I went out practicing skids (but with my left, I skid left foot forward). Hasnt come back since though!

fc9k ...I went out practicing skids (but with my left, I skid left foot forward)....

That's cool.... I wonder how many people skid with their left foot forwards first? U don't see many... Anyone an ambidextrous skidder? i.e. skid with either foot forwards?

i can't. i think my right leg is actually stronger...or maybe it's a psychological thing.

Frank Glass I ride 46 and 16...its too high and I am in the process of having wheels built and getting a lower gear...I can skid it no problem and it is the gear that I have always ridden since I started riding fixed about a year and a couple months ago...but recently I have noticed that my right knee, though not painful, is a little stressed out...so I have decided not to do skids and skips until I get my new wheels...it was nice this morning as it made me ride at a really nice leisurely pace and my knees are definitely more chilled out right now...oops, gotta bounce! but yeah, get a lower gear and take care of those knees!

Peace

your going to drop the gear even more just to skid?..what happened to riding a bike..i recently changed my chainring from a 52 to a 42(for polo) with a 16t sproket..now i am spinning like a idiot!

jonaent (Jon) [quote]fc9k ...I went out practicing skids (but with my left, I skid left foot forward)....

That's cool.... I wonder how many people skid with their left foot forwards first? U don't see many... Anyone an ambidextrous skidder? i.e. skid with either foot forwards?[/quote]

yeah, broke my foot a couple of months ago and still had to ride brakeless, so i started doing it left foot first, now i can skid right and left, amazing for slowing down and for when you're on the wrong stroke and someone walks out in front of you

for me spinning is good on 165 cranks, i find myself lowering the gear ratio to spin more. i ride 48:19 now (my track frame is in the works.... again) and it feels great. if you're learning how to skid so you can ride brakeless i find skip stops more effective and they hurt your knees less.

jon: i skid with left foot forwards and my right foot pushes the pedals at the back and it works very well

edmundane for me spinning is good on 165 cranks, i find myself lowering the gear ratio to spin more. i ride 48:19 now (my track frame is in the works.... again) and it feels great. if you're learning how to skid so you can ride brakeless i find skip stops more effective and they hurt your knees less.

jon: i skid with left foot forwards and my right foot pushes the pedals at the back and it works very well

Yeah I ride 48:19 now as well - love the spinnyness. Went back to 48:17 t'other day just to see what it was like. I didn't like it at all.

One thing for me is that I am a red light stopper, so really like having the lower gear for all of those standing starts.

I ride 48- 17 and find it very very tough to skid without leaning so far forwards that I look like a bearded twat trying to audition to be the "Spirt of Ecstasy" off of a Rolls Royce.

I could paint my self silver and make a mint in Covent Garden.

Any tips? Also ride cut down teeny tiny fakenger flat bars…..don’t know if that makes a difference….but I ride clip less which I know makes a difference….

shouldn't 42x17 be quite easy? I noticed that I only get it right when I fully lock my left leg. I'm always tempted to bend it when I pull up with the right but whenever I do that I don't skid.

glow yeah, broke my foot a couple of months ago and still had to ride brakeless, so i started doing it left foot first, now i can skid right and left, amazing for slowing down and for when you're on the wrong stroke and someone walks out in front of you

It really makes a difference doesn't it..... My only problem is that it's tempting me to go brakeless.... In my head it's fine, but in practice not as fine as my head thinks! I can do a brakless ride to just bomb around, but for a proper ride.... it hurts my brain trying to concentrate ;-p

I'm riding brakeless right now but I'm going slow when there's junctions ahead. There's no traffic here so I don't need to worry that much about hitting things. Toppled at the lights today but that was because I couldn't get a clip out and I'm not great at trackstands in the real world yet (can do about 2 minutes in my flat watching TV but only about 20 seconds on the roads). I've got cable and a lever. Just need to buy my brake.

Mat Sinclair I ride 48- 17 and find it very very tough to skid without leaning so far forwards that I look like a bearded twat trying to audition to be the "Spirt of Ecstasy" off of a Rolls Royce.

I could paint my self silver and make a mint in Covent Garden.

Any tips? Also ride cut down teeny tiny fakenger flat bars…..don’t know if that makes a difference….but I ride clip less which I know makes a difference….

hahaha i like that...

i don't find it too hard to skid on a 48:17... the bars do make a difference. it's hard to keep the bike straight with tiny bars.

andrewleitch86 shouldn't 42x17 be quite easy? I noticed that I only get it right when I fully lock my left leg. I'm always tempted to bend it when I pull up with the right but whenever I do that I don't skid.

42:17 is almost a polo gear so will be dead easy you can easily do leg over handlebar skids with that gear i'm sure!