What grease do I need?

[fair weather cyclist]

Hi, I have embarked in the project of building a bike.

I have pretty much all the parts so it's time to get my hands dirty.

What grease do I need? Or better, is there a do-it-all product or are different greases more suitable for particular components?

What do you recommend?

 

[ianrauk]

I use Halfords grease. Cheap, cheerful and does it's job.

 

[iluvmybike]

If frame is carbon fibre or seat post is cf then you'll need some carbon assembly paste for seat post - otherwise I like the Weldtite tf2 red grease for all non-cf parts

 

[MichaelW2]

For non moving metallic contact, copper paste is the correct stuff but in my experience normal bike grease is perfectly OK. Grease and BB assembly is a point of contention. What style of BB do you have?

 

[iluvmybike]

This article explians it all :-
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/7172/anti-seize/

 

[Dolorous Edd]

A little bit of grease goes a long way. I'm still using the same small tub of grease I bought nearly 40 years ago...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A little bit of grease goes a long way. I'm still using the same small tub of grease I bought nearly 40 years ago...

It is a 40 litre tub mind 😉

 

[fair weather cyclist]

What style of BB do you have?

Threaded. Shimano bbr60

 

[fair weather cyclist]

Also, other info:

Frame: aluminium
Fork: carbon
Seatpost: carbon
Handlebar, stem, aerobars: aluminium

 

[si_c]

For that bike I'd use a stock tub of lithium type white grease for the metal on metal parts and for the carbon/metal I'd use fibre grip to stop any slipping - and use a torque wrench for the stem/fork and seatpost/frame bolts. You won't need to overtighten if you are using a fibre grip.

 

[fair weather cyclist]

For that bike I'd use a stock tub of lithium type white grease for the metal on metal parts and for the carbon/metal I'd use fibre grip to stop any slipping - and use a torque wrench for the stem/fork and seatpost/frame bolts. You won't need to overtighten if you are using a fibre grip.

Cheers. I've read on the article in the link provided by @iluvmybike if you're using the right grease/paste you should under-tighten by 20%