Mickle's tip of the day - Bolts

[mickle]

Now is a great time to attend to your bike's bolts - while it's still warm enough to hang out in the shed/garage and before they start salting the roads.

Mudguard and rack bolts, stem bolts, wheel nuts and and/or skewers, seat post clamp bolts and seat clamp bolts - unless they are stainless or Ti and screwing into aluminum they have the potential to corrode.

Whip them out one at a time and grease the thread, not forgetting to grease under the head. And wipe off any excess.

Use it as an opportunity to check the bike over before winter sets in.

And, since you've got the grease out, now would also be a great time to grease your seatpost.

 

[Globalti]

Ooh can't wait!

 

[mickle]

Ooh can't wait!

You, with your Ti frame, are excused from this lesson.

 

[tyred]

But which brand and type of grease should I use?




/opens packet of crisps and sits back/

 

[mickle]

But which brand and type of grease should I use?




/opens packet of crisps and sits back/

http://www.whitelightningco.com/products/crystal.htm

 

[Banjo]

But which brand and type of grease should I use?




/opens packet of crisps and sits back/

Any grease that isnt hideously expensive and come in a tiny tube just wont be good enough

 

[threebikesmcginty]

But which brand and type of grease should I use?




/opens packet of crisps and sits back/

But which brand and type of crisps are you using?


/opens tin of grease and sits back/

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Could you grease my palm please mickle?

 

[ianrauk]

But which brand and type of grease should I use?




/opens packet of crisps and sits back/

Anything from Halfords... forget all that LBS nonsense.

/sits on sofa next to tyred and asks for a crisp/

 

[threebikesmcginty]

This is the one that you want. The one that you want yeah - oo oo oo
The one you need.
Oh, yes indeed...

 

[Crackle]

 

[Gareth]

Anything from Halfords... forget all that LBS nonsense.

/sits on sofa next to tyred and asks for a crisp/

Forget Halfords and other car parts places. Get EP2` grease from toolstation, machinmart, screwfix, etc. it is around £2.70 for a 400g cartridge .... industry and agriculture runs on EP2 multipurpose grease in all kinds of load, speed and conditions applications ... you won't find a better all round grease than this for bicycle applications.

 

[mickle]

Forget Halfords and other car parts places. Get EP2` grease from toolstation, machinmart, screwfix, etc. it is around £2.70 for a 400g cartridge .... industry and agriculture runs on EP2 multipurpose grease in all kinds of load, speed and conditions applications ... you won't find a better all round grease than this for bicycle applications.

May I draw your attention to post #5 of this thread please Gareth.

Thanks for your cooperation.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Green Oil's Ecogrease

though I note vickers make a bio-degradeable EP2 for marine applications....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

May I draw your attention to post #5 of this thread please Gareth.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Hey! what about us, don't we get any attention - not even a f*ck off?