The Street > Common Questions and former stickies.
Lube, Grease, and Whatnot
Tubes6al4v:
--- Quote from: uck;1579909 ---Use linseed oil on spokes when building a wheel.Its sticky when it dries.
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I have used linseed oil on quite a few spokes. It is nice. it sets up well and does not dry like some other ones, so re-trueing is much more comfortable, and higher tensions are achieved with less strain on both your hands and the nipples, spokes, and rims.
--- Quote from: Andy-roo;1579657 ---i like my dry white lightning in cables.
as for hubs and everything, i use a 10 year old bucket of multipurpose grease in a tub from canadian tire. gets the job done. no problems as of yet. plus its green, so it looks alot better then that icky yellow stuff.
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General Grease is good. if that is what you are using, then consider yourself covered. The advantage of moving to some performance grease is to change the feeling of parts (or in some cases how it holds).
Using any type of grease (even Bacon grease) is better than nothing at all...
--- Quote from: cch;1579130 ---I just throw Pedros Ice-wax into everything, except my seat and steertube. Hubs roll smooth. Headset too.
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Ice wax is nice and fast. Unfortunatly, because it is wax based, it does not protect metal from shock loads as well. This is something that you must weigh when deciding on your grease. Right now, I am running my bearings without inner seals, so I needed a sticky grease. It actually turned out smoother. And it will help protect the bearings a little bit better than thin lube/wax.
--- Quote from: dooley;1579119 ---lolz@this thread
i use oil for the chain and cables, and thick stuff for everything else. you must be a real pro to use all that stuff?
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I like to mess around with little things on my bike. I do work at a bike shop, so I see these lubes and grease used for other things (such as long ass MTB and Road rides). It is facinating to see all the differences that can be made by simply changing some ingrediants...
blueee:
so would i want to use metal prep on a chain with stubborn pins that im trying to take apart?
dooley:
i think most bike lube is a waste of time. the best you can hope for is to keep whatever part you're lubing free of dirt and corrosion. cables being the exception.
blueee:
is car braking fluid good for anything? thats all I got
Louis:
Brake cleaner? if so, then it can be used for putting on grips, I believe it dries fast.
I just use Phil Wood grease or Phil's Tenacious Oil.
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