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Max_Rower on July 30, 2025 1:00 am You probably need a new drop bar, this one seems to be corroded from your sweat?
_drelyt on July 30, 2025 1:03 am I bet the aluminum is at least pitted under all that mess. New bar imo.
lrbikeworks on July 30, 2025 1:06 am Yeah bro that’s corrosion. Needs replaced. Get thee to a bike shoppe forthwith.
Low_Transition_3749 on July 30, 2025 2:07 am Gloves? I’d be going full-on biohazard suit. At least a dust mask, you don’t want to inhale that as it crumbles
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At this point just get new bars
You need an old priest and a young priest.
You probably need a new drop bar, this one seems to be corroded from your sweat?
I bet the aluminum is at least pitted under all that mess. New bar imo.
You need new a new bar. Period.
Probably a trainer bike (used for indoor)
Yeah bro that’s corrosion. Needs replaced. Get thee to a bike shoppe forthwith.
I’ve never seen it look that bad before!!
Caustic sweat.
Carbon fiber bars dont do this.
New bars when did u last change your bar tape?
So much electrical tape when a few strips of sellotape will do
It looks like you discovered penicillin again.
Gloves? I’d be going full-on biohazard suit. At least a dust mask, you don’t want to inhale that as it crumbles
Is that a TCR?