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    What am i doing wrong when skidding?

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    2. Supper_Champion on

      You have to unweight the back wheel, aka lean forward.

      Locking up the wheels and leaning forward should be an almost simultaneous pair of actions, then if you are trying to stop quickly you can shift your weight backwards or sling the rear wheel to the side.

      If you want to skid for distance you just lean farther forward.

    3. Mother_Salamander399 on

      place you bodies center of gravity further up and unload the rear tire, try not to go fully over the bars tho!

    4. Kd916-650 on

      Put your ball sack on your bars and lean forward or archer back I mean both lean forward and archer back so you’re back and head goes straight up with your hips forward and then lock your legs straight back whichever way you want your crank left or right forward

    6. ClinicalyDepressed on

      Lock your knees and lean forward at the same time. You should feel the gear lock and the tire slide. Have fun but be safe. You have to pedal into it while going maybe 8-10mph and use your momentum. Then just hop off the leaning forward position with your knee locks and sit back down and pedal like normal.

    7. Fortinho91 on

      Wear a helmet. 😉 But yeah, balls-to-stem. Practicing on gravel maybe more productive, or grass (which also sucks less to fall onto).

    9. skeletorlaugh on

      Lean forward, push back with your right foot at 3 o’clock and pull up with your left

    10. Ill_Initiative8574 on

      Balls to the stem, lean forward, upper body over bars and both legs bent at the knees to lock up with pedals at about 1 and 7.

    11. Troam_Fragledand on

      Lean forward, put all your weight on the front wheel. Practicing on gravel allows you to do it at a slower speed so you can get a feel for the mechanics of it.

    13. Truckzero on

      All the biomechanical and speed things others have been saying, but also a lighter ratio would make it easier

    14. CartoonistFew4122 on

      Lean a a bit more forward each time you do it. The weight is more towards the back which would make it harder to skid

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