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Lube, Grease, and Whatnot
greenreese:
Tri-Flow- in a spray can and a little bottle. Spray works good on derailleur pivots and brake pivots, and the little bottle for cables.
Boeshield T9- For chains. Drip it on while backpedaling, then wipe off the excess.
Finish Line Anti-Seize- Big Tub for certain ti and al parts.
Tacx Carbon Asm Paste- for carbon seatposts.
Baby Powder- For tubes and your nuts on hot days.
Pedro's Syn grease- A big tub for general purpose. I don't like the Park or Phil Wood grease, this is smoother and they change its color every once in a while.
Pedro's Syn lube- I only use this to mix with the Syn grease to get different consistencies.
water- Keep a spray bottle of water on hand to quickly wipe my hands down.
Dazzle- Works alright as a general cleaner for benchtops and stuff.
alcohol- A big bottle from CVS with a spray top put on. Works good for a final cleaning to remove residue from other cleaners. Its also fun to spray on bugs and when I need to light something on fire, because it won't make any smoke or smell.
Pedro's shopworks and Simple Green- I fill up a spray bottle with one or the other of these to clean nasty shit off rims and bikes, and scum off the floor.
Super Penetrant- duh.
Park cutting oil- Thats just what we have sitting by the vises and spoke cutter. I haven't really tried much other cutting fluids.
Zep 45- I don't use this much as it reminds me of death.
Pedro's Oranj Peelz- Doesn't seem to do a whole lot, but it smells ok.
Loctite 242, 262, 680- from mild to wild.
White Lightning Clean Streak Metal Prep- Like tubes said, this stuff is pretty cool. It evaporates very fast and leaves no residue. Kind of like a tough alcohol.
Park Chainbrite- Works about as well as the Oranj Peelz, but doesn't smell good.
Motorex Prep M- Pack it up pack it in. Stuff that shit in suspension seals.
Slick Honey- Also works for suspension, but the syringes it comes it are even more useful for injecting and removing fork oil with a hose on the end.
King RingDrive Lube- For the buzz.
Wheelsmith Spokeprep- For spoke threads.
DT Swiss Spoke Freeze- To lock spokes if needed.
Dualco grease guns- One with a short nozzle filled with Prep M, and one with a long nozzle filled with Syn grease.
JP Weigle's Frame Saver- For steel frames.
Goof Off- To remove sticker residue, permanent marker, paint, glue. It works really well but is very potent.
Thats what I have at my bench at the moment.
amishrob:
i've got some finish line grease and some gt85. good for pretty much everything.
Mike Hardman:
Finishline Wet XC Lube - Perfect fro chians and the insides of hubs.
Finishline Dry XC Lube -
John B:
white lightning buddddy! i really really really neew to pull my bike apart, grease it up, clean it, i have so much fucked up shit on my bike as of now.
Shovelcock:
BG-SS2000 Miracle grease for all parts. Works well for bearings, cranks, axles, pedals, headsets. Very thick, and very easy to apply. Works well for thread cutting too.
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