Originally Posted by
danarello
SurferRosa the hot soapy water worked pretty good for the left brake lever hood, but the right one still looks bad, mainly because the rubber material is very sticky. The material is degraded I guess.
After the cleaning, still not good.
A while back there was a suggestion about scrubbing these with toothpaste. This worked for me on some sticky gum hoods.
Cheers,
Van
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