I've also been looking very carefully to see if maybe my brake is "skimming" there just a bit. It doesn't seem to be, but maybe it somehow does sometimes on harder stops with weight than with stops suspended from my repair stand...I don't know if that's possible.

Oh well. The "condition", if you can call it that, is still very faint, and I only noticed when I was re attaching my brake and happened to be VERY close to the tire.

Hopefully these things will get me through a century in about 20 days.