Its my first time skidding and im happy i can now skid from time to time (still havent caught the timing yet) and when i woke up from the bed my right leg is so sore and i thought after a day it will be gone but its the third day already and still sore
by avelazzyyy
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It’ll go away eventually. It’s a whole lot of new muscle groups being trained at once.
When skidding, make sure you’re leaning your weight well over your handle bars. Further your weight is forward, the easier it is to lock up the wheel.
Purple looks good on her.
what kinda soreness are we talking about ? muscular ? or is it in a joint/on a bone ?
I still haven’t tried it yet cause I’m waiting to find my old elbow pads first lol. Don’t have a great area around me to try it relatively risk free/easily first to get the hang of it again, and I really don’t wanna eat it on the asphalt in my neighborhood.
From what I’ve seen though, the going advice is of course to shift your weight more forward (hips to bars), but if that isn’t the most comfortable/feels sketchy then you can also try to hop your back tire up and do the leg lock. It’s a coin toss on whether that’d hurt more or less. I’d assume it might be more painful since you’re fighting more weight with it all over the back tire, but the flip side would be the tire would lock up quicker with more weight on it and less likely to want to roll forward/push your feet out of locked position. Best of luck!
It makes sense that your legs are hurting when practicing, since you’re doing it over and over to get the timing right.
Eventually you’ll do most of your slowing down by reading traffic and backpedaling / adjusting speed. I don’t skid for fun/show when street riding – just short skids to bring myself to a complete stop, and in the occasional urgent scenario.
How did you learn I cannot figure it out😭
Started riding fixed gear consistently for 3 months now. When I recently learned how to skid, the whole week after my leg felt soooo awful! Took a few days off and went back at it. I was kind of sore but not nearly as bad as the first time around. I ride my bike everyday and legs feel relatively normal at this point. You’ll get through it trust, it’s well worth it!!
It’s gets easier and easier keep at it
I’m assuming you don’t lift? Lol. It’s called DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) and is very normal. The first time I had a dedicated practice sesh for skids my adductors were wrecked the next day, definitely wasn’t expecting that but it’s normal when putting your muscles under a lot of eccentric force (resisting forces) which is exactly what skidding is. So basically no worries, time will heal all just keep moving and hydrating as that will help as well.
What part of your leg is sore ?? Knee , shin ? And what kind of skidding are you doing ? Whip skid where you barely rise out of your seat or the full on hips to bar skid ?