Originally Posted by sickz

1. skips are usually the result when first learnin' to skid.

2. when learning to skid, drop the ratio to 70 gear inches or lower (the better). the biggest obstacle for rookies is overcoming the friction due to their ignorance of how much strength to apply; they never apply nearly enough. until that happens, they'll never "get it".

3. once they get it, they'll be skipping around until they've built the strength to hold it.

start small ppl.