Melted brake hood Hall of Fame
08-13-17 | 09:01 PM
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Melted brake hood Hall of Fame
Consider the invitation to display your most gruesome examples. The ones so grotesque, you just stare in bewilderment and anguish, yet can't avert your eyes. Maybe we should initiate an annual celebration culminating on October 31, bestowing an honorary title to the annual victor. Examples are to be all natural, no "plastic surgery" allowed.
My submission (sorry I linked to an album, I seem to always struggle to upload photos to the website):
https://goo.gl/photos/5Bws5ae6iZwqFxqN6
My submission (sorry I linked to an album, I seem to always struggle to upload photos to the website):
https://goo.gl/photos/5Bws5ae6iZwqFxqN6
08-13-17 | 09:04 PM
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So what Hollywood make up artist made those up, and for what flick?
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08-13-17 | 09:14 PM
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Bikes are okay, I guess.
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I guess having them on a DuraAce bike is some consolation.
08-13-17 | 10:02 PM
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And you took that thing out in public? 
Consider the invitation to display your most gruesome examples. The ones so grotesque, you just stare in bewilderment and anguish, yet can't avert your eyes. Maybe we should initiate an annual celebration culminating on October 31, bestowing an honorary title to the annual victor. Examples are to be all natural, no "plastic surgery" allowed.
My submission (sorry I linked to an album, I seem to always struggle to upload photos to the website):
https://goo.gl/photos/5Bws5ae6iZwqFxqN6
My submission (sorry I linked to an album, I seem to always struggle to upload photos to the website):
https://goo.gl/photos/5Bws5ae6iZwqFxqN6
Last edited by canklecat; 08-13-17 at 10:05 PM.
08-13-17 | 10:02 PM
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Must be one of the worst we've seen in a long time here!!
Horror, exorcist level meltage there!
Horror, exorcist level meltage there!
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08-14-17 | 10:16 AM
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I don't think anyone is going to top that.
08-14-17 | 10:33 AM
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Wow. I was stupid enough to look at that. Disgusting!I recall this being a real problem with Japanese made brake hoods in the 80s. Sometimes they'd be pretty toasty after a couple years. I wonder what sort of rubber or synthetic rubber they were using. Real gum rubber didn't do this. Those would eventually dry out and crack and fall apart, but never did the roasted marshmallow thing.
08-14-17 | 10:34 AM
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Looks like they were made of earwax.
08-14-17 | 11:31 AM
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Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
My thought was, "Where does this person live? - Hades, or Death Valley?" Or maybe TX, NM, AZ. Certainly not around Seattle, our heat streak was 13 days above 80F. And that was the 3rd longest of all-time.
With the right handle, OP is good in my book.
And that was the 3rd longest of all-time.With the right handle, OP is good in my book.
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08-14-17 | 11:32 AM
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This is the worst one I currently have pix of -
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6/17/2017 - brake lever by Russ Fitzgerald, on Flickr[/IMG]
- not visible but very tangible was just how gross and sticky those hoods were. Needed naptha to clean my fingers after handling them ...
[IMG]
6/17/2017 - brake lever by Russ Fitzgerald, on Flickr[/IMG]- not visible but very tangible was just how gross and sticky those hoods were. Needed naptha to clean my fingers after handling them ...
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