I use Phil Wood waterproof grease. In my opinion it's the best out there.
On May 3, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 2, 5:22 pm, Alex <alexlem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm building up a bike from scratch for the first time in my life >> (exciting!) and I have a question about grease and beeswax. > > cool. no better way to learn about your bike. > > you want to grease just about everything - all threaded bolts and > anywhere metal contacts metal. some subscribe to different schools of > thought regarding things like greasing bb spindles, but when in doubt > (and when common sense tells you otherwise - e.g. don't grease your > stem clamp and handlebars), grease it and don't be shy about it. > > beeswax is optional, but may be used anywhere that you might want a > little extra stick-um on bolts/parts that are prone to loosening-up/ > backing-out a bit over time. personally, i've never used it, but i've > never had anything so incorrigible that it needed to be tamed by > beeswax. it's a nice, natural alternative to loc-tite and more > aggressive thread lockers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
