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Ski Pole Question

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C-Weezy
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okay so , this happened a while back,, and its puzzled me ever since, so I thought Id finally see what you guys think. So last summer I had a pair of rental ski poles from hill that I just ended up keepin, they just stayed in my room. So opening day of just this previous season, Im usin these poles that ive had all summer, and I keep seein this black shit on my gloves..then I look down, and the bottom of my jacket has this black shit on it from wher my poles have been touching my jacket. and im like wat the fuck. Its like the pole grips were melting..cud them being indoors for all that time then going into a cold climate make them do this? Idk, but does anybody have any ideas on why they did that.

spark notes: had poles all summer, first day of season they like melted and got rubber all over me.

Jun 20 2009 3:14PM
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smooticus
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wtf are ski poles
Jun 20 2009 3:16PM
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C-Weezy
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those things skiers use to push themselves around, you usualy have 2, Idk they must be new.
Jun 20 2009 3:18PM
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Conniiie
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haha... that sucks big time.. they shouldn't be melting ;P Never heard of this before actually... maybe its just something wrong with the poles...
Jun 20 2009 3:23PM
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KennyC
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well they were once rental poles....
Jun 20 2009 3:26PM
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C-Weezy
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Ya i know, I dont get it, and it pissed me off cuz I was gettin black shit all over me.

Jun 20 2009 3:26PM
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Conniiie
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rental poles are not known of being "good and expensive shit" u know ;P
Jun 20 2009 3:26PM
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C-Weezy
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Idk guys, they are GOODE poles, quality shiz haha, but really tho I wouldnt think the handles would just like..melt..in cold condition.

Jun 20 2009 3:31PM
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Conniiie
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think u need a new pair of poles ;P
Jun 20 2009 3:34PM
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ScuffDUFF
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well they are rental poles..... although i have never heard of pole handles actuallly melting. its prolly just some cheap ass plastic.            or maybe   they just had black shit on them???.... who knows.  get some new poles that arent rental yo.
Jun 20 2009 3:46PM
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I_Am_Mod
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Its a built-in security, rental poles start to desintegrate when they aren't returned to the shop, its completely normal....
Jun 20 2009 4:02PM
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*steeze_is_good
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Thats what I was thinkin! ^
Jun 20 2009 4:05PM
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EasyEast
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something tells me you like this ;p face

and that sucks dude you should prob get some better poles

Jun 20 2009 5:11PM
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Malcolm
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haha yeah thats probably what happened
Jun 20 2009 6:04PM
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Kajex
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bring em back to the shop and try and warranty them.  should be funny.
Jun 20 2009 6:14PM
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C-Weezy
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haha, ya, ive got some more sitting in my room now, I wonder if they'll do it again..lol, ya Idk i just dont feel like buyin poles, cuz then i sometimes dont no wat to do with em, and they seem easiily jackable.   I usually dont steal the rental poles..I always give em back, so ill just put the ones I have now bak at begin of next season then grab another set. oh well..iza mystery.
Jun 20 2009 6:47PM
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KelBarbs
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It could be the metal man, using metal brushes on a drum kit rubs off black shit all over the top. I've got some black dust type of stuff from metal before on my hands, so that could be what ur getting. Not sure why exactly this happens, but I doubt the rubber would be melting. But if ur sure its rubber, then I have no idea...
Jun 20 2009 7:04PM
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JEWbacca
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haha that made me rolf, nice rant.
Jun 20 2009 7:19PM
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SickStickz
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Damn that's crazy.  Did they actually melt?  Are the grips like mis-shapped now?  Or does it just look like die is just coming off of them?  The only logical thing I can think of is that Goode died the grip after injection molding instead of during the molding process and maybe they didn't treat the grip after and because of that the die could be some how rubbing off onto your shit.
Jun 20 2009 9:34PM
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C-Weezy
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^^ that sounds like what happened. Cuz they didnt melt melt..just shit was rubbin off of em. black shit..onto me.

Jun 20 2009 9:36PM
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joshua
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cover em with hockey tape or duct tape or something
Jun 21 2009 12:22PM
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