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Hereafter is Wired how-to wiki on how to stop with your fixed-gear bike:

So, you’ve decided to jump on the fixed gear bicycle trend. Good for you.
Now here’s the bad news: unless you learn how to stop one of these brakeless wonders, you’re pretty much dead. Here’s how to slow your roll on a bike with no brakes.

Step 1: Find a Safe Place to Practice

Always go for an open, uninhabited practice space. Photo by Bindanaku on Flickr
Bike couriers might’ve popularized fixed gear (or “fixie”) riding, but the last place you want to practice is a traffic-heavy setting. New riders should find an area with lots of room to maneuver (and fall).
Consider putting at least a front brake onto your bike until you are comfortable with skid stopping. Remember that it is next to impossible to “anticipate” an emergency stop.
Abandoned parking lots and indoor cycling tracks are some of the best locations. Most importantly, make sure to always wear the appropriate safety gear (helmet and possibly pads) before hopping on a brakeless bike.

Step 2: Anticipate Your Stops

Since fixie braking is more involved, you’ll need to remain extremely aware of your surroundings. Constantly scanning the road for hazards is ideal while riding through traffic, but you’ll have it a little easier while practicing. Try to define an ideal stopping point in your practice area by setting up goal markers like traffic cones. With a definitive “red zone” to work with, you’ll be able to practice stopping short of (or even skidding around) obstacles.

Step 3: Choose Your Braking Method

Despite all the inherent danger, there is some good news. When it comes to slowing down, fixed gear riders have a few different choices. Each comes with its own set of pluses and minuses (as well as ideal riding conditions), so it’s wise to learn at least a couple. The two most common are:

Pace Pedaling

Decreasing the speed of your pedaling is the easiest ways to slow down a fixie. Since the rotation of the rear wheel and the movement of the pedals are directly connected, slowing down your strokes will put a damper on forward motion. In non-emergency situations this should bring you to a smooth, natural stop — time/distance permitting of course.

Skid Stopping

The lean/pedal lock combo will take some work. Photo by Faster panda kill kill on Flickr
Is “danger” (or “speed”) your middle name? Then the skid stop is probably more up your alley. The process is started by leaning forward on the bike and relieving the weight on the rear wheel. If you have the balance to lift the rear wheel ever-so-slightly off the ground, even better.
Once the traction of the rear wheel has been taken out of the equation, use your feet to lock the pedals in a horizontal position. Push down on the pedal coming up, and pull up on the pedal going down (this is why being attached to the pedals is important) This should slow the suspended rear wheel to a stop. Shifting weight back onto the rear wheel should cause the rear tire to skid, causing the bike to slow to a stop.

Step 4: Practice, Practice, Practice

Even with a fundamental understanding of fixie braking, you’re still going to need a lot of practice. The goal is to execute these maneuvers as many times as possible in a controlled setting so that muscle memory kicks in.
Trust us — a few hours of skid stops in an abandoned parking lot is better than repeatedly ragdolling over your handlebars.
While you’ll probably initially learn to skid by leaning forward alot, you’ll want to lean to skid with your weight over the back wheel to stop more efficiently. The more you lean forward, the slower you’ll stop and vice versa.
Tip: Still iffy on the mechanics of the Skid Stop? Try hitting up YouTube for some video tutorials. In addition to showing off the fundamentals, the fixie community has uploaded a host of other stopping methods for enthusiasts.

Step 5: Fill out a living will

When you have worn a bare spot in your tire and you get a flat while trying to balance your collection of macbooks in your messenger bag, you will probably fall, slide under a delivery van, and get killed. Be sure to specify who you want to inherit your Paul cranks, Brooks saddle, and Chris King headset… you don’t want that stuff going into probate.

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