Having laughed at this thread originally, same happened to me, the back brake started sticking and squealing and then pulled to the bars (made me go faster anyway). Pad surface had come off.
When I got home I had a look at the other pad, and the material was completely loose and only held in by the love of jesus.
Pads were bought in 2011, ridden in spring, then taken off whilst i had kevlars on over summer, fitted them again for winter. Bike is kept in my flat and dries quickly. Very surprised at the amount of rust on them but I guess they get hot and wet a lot, not sure that the water should be getting in behind the pad material so much though?


Guess the moral of the story is either don't use pads for more than a few months, or don't use superstar pads, not sure which!