Preferred Grease ?

[Jmenorton]

i just use a tub of cheap generic grease and an old paintbrush, dont really see how a bicycle could need a fancy bike specific grease.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I prefer the original Grease, I don't much care for Grease 2, or Grease the Musical


View: http://youtu.be/7oKPYe53h78

 

[HovR]

I use Castrol Lithium grease, because that's just what I happen to have in the garage from other things. Seems to have worked well.

 

[mickle]

other greases..?

Other environmentally benign greases?.....

 

[black'n'yellow]

Other environmentally benign greases?.....

no, just other greases - but especially those which don't charge a 400% premium for some vague environmental benefit. You're supposed to put it on your bike, not pour it down the drain...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Vaseline, works on all bike bits and human bits as well.

 

[sidevalve]

Vaseline, works on all bike bits and human bits as well.

OOER !!
To the OP, for the seat post coppaslip is an antisieze compound and this seems what it was designed for and, as above, any half decent multipurpose grease for the BB.

 

[baldycyclist]

Don't know why, but for some reason I read that as "margerine grease"

me too for some reason, must be the olive oil I am drinking

 

[P.H]

Grease, any type, isn't the best thing for the use described. It's a lubricant, oil held in soap, it's main character is that it's non compressible. If it's what you have in the shed, then it will do the job OK. Doesn't really matter which flavour, the differences are for the heat and speed of the equipment you're lubricating, neither of which apply to seatposts in frames! If you're going out to buy something, you may as well buy the stuff designed to do what you require, it will do it better. As you're trying to stop the parts from seizing, the products best suited are unsurprisingly called anti-seize, there's a wide choice, probably a thread in itself. Here's a sample of what's available;
http://catalog.antiseize.com/category/anti-seize-compounds&plpver=1001
Copper Slip is the most common, found in most bike shops and workshops;
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fenwicks/copper-slip-500g-ec023036

 

[black'n'yellow]

Grease, any type, isn't the best thing for the use described. It's a lubricant, oil held in soap, it's main character is that it's non compressible. If it's what you have in the shed, then it will do the job OK. Doesn't really matter which flavour, the differences are for the heat and speed of the equipment you're lubricating, neither of which apply to seatposts in frames! If you're going out to buy something, you may as well buy the stuff designed to do what you require, it will do it better. As you're trying to stop the parts from seizing, the products best suited are unsurprisingly called anti-seize, there's a wide choice, probably a thread in itself. Here's a sample of what's available;
http://catalog.antiseize.com/category/anti-seize-compounds&plpver=1001
Copper Slip is the most common, found in most bike shops and workshops;
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fenwicks/copper-slip-500g-ec023036

he also mentioned greasing the BB - which is why people haven't been recommending the copaslip type stuff.....

 

[P.H]

he also mentioned greasing the BB - which is why people haven't been recommending the copaslip type stuff.....

And just how would you grease a BB? The only ones I've used in the last twenty years have been sealed cartridge types.
I understood the OP to be referring to the fitting. I use threadlock for that, though anti-seize would be OK as well. As in the advice from Park Tools;
If the bottom bracket frame shell is aluminum or titanium, use Park Tool ASC-1 Anti Seize Compound. Even if lockrings are steel, use anti-seize. Anti-seize is available at some bicycle stores, hardware stores, or automotive parts stores. Grease can be used in place of anti-seize, but anti-seize is more durable and provides better lubrication during tightening. Apply this only to the threads.

 

[fossyant]

Teflon and waterproof - usually Finish Line, but currently got a tube of Decathlons stuff.

 

[black'n'yellow]

And just how would you grease a BB? The only ones I've used in the last twenty years have been sealed cartridge types.

you'd have to ask the OP, I don't know. I do know that my GXP BB needs a lot of grease during crank assembly/fitment, and I wouldn't want to be using copaslip anywhere near that....

 

[derrick]

Vaseline, works on all bike bits and human bits as well.

You'll be telling us to use KY Jelly next.

 

[P.H]

you'd have to ask the OP, I don't know. I do know that my GXP BB needs a lot of grease during crank assembly/fitment, and I wouldn't want to be using copaslip anywhere near that....

We can go back and forth as often as you like
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