Grease for headset

[GuyBoden]

Vaseline will do perfectly well.

Maybe, but I'm told that it rots/swells any rubber seals you may have.

 

[Drago]

Maybe, but I'm told that it rots/swells any rubber seals you may have.

it doesn't do comdoms any good.

 

[Milkfloat]

it doesn't do comdoms any good.

Does the condom protect the lower bearing?

 

[Colin_P]

Ceramic grease in my current favourite.

Don't buy it from a bike shop though, go to a car motor factors and pay far less. Last tube I bought was about £3 as opposed to £8 at (just checked) at Chain Reaction / Wiggle etc. Very useful on your car as well if you get the spanners out on that.

 

[rogerzilla]

Something water resistant and as thin as possible but which doesn't actually run out. Castrol CL (calcium based) grease is good.

 

[keithmac]

I use this at work, a tube will last forever.

 

[Drago]

Must...not...make....smutty...remark...

 

[alecstilleyedye]

lithium grease in an aerosol can, for convenience of application if nothing else…

 

[RoubaixCube]

My dad has a small tub of Castrol LM Grease lying around from the days when he used to fettle with his car. Its a decent multipurpose grease though there may be better available.

 

[Drago]

Castrol LM is still available. Aside from the packaging I don't think its changed much since the sixties.

 

[RoubaixCube]

Castrol LM is still available. Aside from the packaging I don't think its changed much since the sixties.

In fact, the only thing thats changed about it is that people stopped putting in their hair for that slicked back Fonzie look

 

[Gravity Aided]

Marine bearing grease. If it doesn't wash out on a shaft bearing, or the wheels of a boat trailer, it probably wont be a problem on wet streets, either.

 

[davidphilips]

Little and often is perhaps more important than which type of grease.

 

[Gravity Aided]

On the headset, a bit more often. Unless you cork your fork.