Lube and Grease recomendations

[Tharg2007]

Need to make a purchase of some grease and some lube and could do with some recommendations

Grease needed for headsets etc to keep water out in wet weather, needs to be long lasting.

lube for my chain , needs to repel water and grime from commuting.

so finish line, park tool, rock n roll or something else?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

for the chain i'd recommend finish line cross country.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Chain: Finishline Cross Country

Every thing else: Get a big tub of Castrol heavy grease (Halfords?) that is suitable for boat trailer bearings.

It's about as water resistant as you'll find and despite the 'heavy' bit of its name, is no 'heavier' than any other grease. Well, not enough to slow you down!

Load it up into a 'needle point' grease gun and you are ready to go. For years and years. And all for less than some fancy repackaged specialist bicycle grease.

 

[spandex]

Or finishline pro road

 

[John the Monkey]

I like Finish Line Pro-Raod too.

My grease is Bikehut teflon grease - seems ok, but I'd go with Tim's recommendation over mine.

 

[Tharg2007]

I like the sound of Tims advice, don't like the thought of being a fool out of by some young marketing upstart.

 

[mondobongo]

Just started using Finish Line Pro Road and am well impressed, far superior to that Pedros Ice stuff.

 

[Steve Austin]

Finish Line really do make good oil

 

[Tharg2007]

Chain: Finishline Cross Country

Every thing else: Get a big tub of Castrol heavy grease (Halfords?) that is suitable for boat trailer bearings.

It's about as water resistant as you'll find and despite the 'heavy' bit of its name, is no 'heavier' than any other grease. Well, not enough to slow you down!

Load it up into a 'needle point' grease gun and you are ready to go. For years and years. And all for less than some fancy repackaged specialist bicycle grease.

now where do i get a needlepoint grease gun, the ones on cycle stores seem to fix onto tubes of grease rather than come with a refillable container

 

[swee'pea99]

I swear by this stuff. As for grease, grease is grease is grease, no? Certainly for anything bikey.

 

[Ivan Ardon]

+1 for Tim's grease recommendation. A bicycle is really light duty compared to a car or motorcycle application. Despite what a bike shop might tell you, you don 't need anything special.

 

[Dave5N]

Oil for the chain. Copaslip for threads. LM for moving parts.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sorry, I don't mean to be snotty, but isn't it generally reckoned that oil on a chain is A Bad Idea. Crap sticks to it. Rain washes it off. And you get filthy every time you fix a puncture. Proper chain lube is a fiver for enough to last years, and worth every penny. (And I speak as an honorary member of the tight git association.)

 

[campagman]

Don't you need to use a special grease in places where you are trying to stop corrosion between different materials i.e between steel frame and aluminium seat post? That's why the post gets stuck if not greased every couple of years.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I like Finish line cross country too.
No votes for vaseline as grease then?