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Video: Disc brake valiantly fights lathe to the death

Who knew mineral oil was combustible?

Who knew mineral oil was combustible?

We all know that a puny mountain bike brake stands no chance against a industrial lathe, but that doesn’t stop the guys from Beyond The Press from trying. Some people just want to watch the world burn….

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYBxwzgOm2I

That said, it is a pretty fun experiment. How about those smoke rings?

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5JcHAEmIYM

And just for fun, here’s a similar test performed with an F1 disc brake. Pretty amazing to see how well the rotor dissipates heat, going from hotter than the fires of Mordor to flat black within just a few seconds.

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