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Lube, Grease, and Whatnot
along:
oh yea, thanks for putting up this post. lubs et al have been underrated.
big_papa_nuts:
--- Quote from: along;1571143 ---what's the preferred lub for brake cables? grease? lub with teflon? thin oil?
i've never tried thin-oil,but cables with grease and teflon felt the same. so, please correct me. thanks.
--- End quote ---
the best thing i have found is purple extreme.
Smut:
phil wood grease and tri-flow lube are all i will ever need
Admiral Ackbar:
Wal-Mart Supertech Marine gease. Its awesome.
Pedros Dry
White Lighning Wet
gnar_rider:
I use: whatever anti-seize dad has around in the shop. Tri-flow for my chain. Grease from a grease gun for my cassette.
EDIT: I used to think that you never needed to do anything with your chain, as I had never done anything to my 410 in 1.5 years, so when I got my 510 I did nothing to it. and like 3 months ago something in my drivetrain would squeak really loud and I just assumed it was my bb. Well I took my chain off today to put some grease on my driver (WAY too loud, sounded like a fucking train) and I was handling my chain and realized that was what was squeaking. So I let it soak in Tri-Flow for 3 hours and now my bike is super quiet and I love it.
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