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Title: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: blueee on March 06, 2015, 07:09:06 PM
where you jam your tires sideways into the pavement to slow down
do think theyll also do a number on your spokes and take your wheel out of tru?
fuck sometimes theyll jar the fuck out my elbows/wrist
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: weedbix on March 06, 2015, 07:49:17 PM
As long as you aren't using radial you'll be right
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: dude... on March 06, 2015, 10:03:58 PM
if your spokes are already fucked i guess it could snap some, but so can many bicycle stunts
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Boomhauer on March 07, 2015, 08:03:39 AM
Not once you have G-sport rims, they're like a b force field of bad ass.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: RAILS! on March 07, 2015, 09:10:27 AM
Gsport rims never saved my spokes...:(
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Sebastian on March 07, 2015, 09:23:32 AM
It's probably less force than, say, landing weird on a hop 180.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: unsealed_2 on March 07, 2015, 10:08:55 AM
I hate those things, some people do them way too much. I'd rather squeeze a lever with my finger..
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Mychaylo on March 07, 2015, 09:04:09 PM
Quote from: unsealed_2 on March 07, 2015, 10:08:55 AM
I hate those things, some people do them way too much. I'd rather squeeze a lever with my finger..

You mean there's a device where you can stop a bicycle with a finger operated lever?

Nah man i call bullshit.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: ediotism on March 08, 2015, 08:57:17 AM
they put nowhere near as much stress on your wheel/spokes than any awkward 180s. sometimes gliding out a long one feels amazing too.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Sasha on March 08, 2015, 05:00:08 PM
Quote from: Mychaylo on March 07, 2015, 09:04:09 PM
Quote from: unsealed_2 on March 07, 2015, 10:08:55 AM
I hate those things, some people do them way too much. I'd rather squeeze a lever with my finger..

You mean there's a device where you can stop a bicycle with a finger operated lever?

Nah man i call bullshit.

I once heard of a guy who used such a mechanism. Seems far fetched.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: dude... on March 08, 2015, 06:43:18 PM
Quote from: ediotism on March 08, 2015, 08:57:17 AM
they put nowhere near as much stress on your wheel/spokes than any awkward 180s. sometimes gliding out a long one feels amazing too.
yeah theyre fun on gravel. stupid when its just to demonstrate how squeaky your 2.4 gum tyres are tho
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: blueee on March 10, 2015, 07:31:04 PM
so i did a sloppy 360 (270) to flat while going really fast and tore a 2in gash across the bead of my front tire, a 2.25microknobbie on a super narrow racing rim.
should i not run wide tires on narrow rims?
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Narcoleptic Insomniac on March 11, 2015, 06:03:13 PM
You shouldn't run racing tires and racing rims if you're going to be doing 360s while going really fast.
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: blueee on March 12, 2015, 01:27:45 AM
270's going real fast*
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: joelite44 on March 12, 2015, 09:45:16 AM
ayy carlos...
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: blueee on March 26, 2015, 03:54:26 PM
15days later and i just tore another microknobbie, ,,

I only have two left :x
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: dude... on March 29, 2015, 06:04:38 PM
stop buying shit tyres
Title: Re: this skid stop kick out thingys
Post by: Prodigal Son on March 29, 2015, 09:36:51 PM
Did anyone see that Chris Doyle thing on Dig were he calls the skid the crab walk? I can't wait to bite that and use it on some nerd at the skatepark.