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I did the Shifty Fifty at Buxton today. Not going to lie, getting out of the car into the rain when it was 4° was hard, and it was still only 6° when I finished. The only warm clothing I had with me was my lucky polar bear socks*. Had a great first lap, was surprisingly grippy in the wet, but my brake pads were toast half way around the second loop.
I topped up my XTR brakes with fluid yesterday to get the bite point nice early in the stroke, then wore through so much pad they pulled back to the handlebar by about 40km. Limped home and took my gloves off and found I had also worn through the skin on my middle fingers on both hands from the lever pulling back to the bar. Lucky it was so cold I couldn't feel my hands I guess....
I haven't checked the brakes yet, must be close to the metal backing plates though.
Great day out, 10/10 will destroy myself in atrocious weather again.
*Disappointingly made from cotton, not polar bear so they were not particularly warm