other greases..?
Other environmentally benign greases?.....
OOER !!Vaseline, works on all bike bits and human bits as well.
me too for some reason, must be the olive oil I am drinkingDon't know why, but for some reason I read that as "margerine grease"![]()
Grease, any type, isn't the best thing for the use described. It's a lubricant, oil held in soap, it's main character is that it's non compressible. If it's what you have in the shed, then it will do the job OK. Doesn't really matter which flavour, the differences are for the heat and speed of the equipment you're lubricating, neither of which apply to seatposts in frames! If you're going out to buy something, you may as well buy the stuff designed to do what you require, it will do it better. As you're trying to stop the parts from seizing, the products best suited are unsurprisingly called anti-seize, there's a wide choice, probably a thread in itself. Here's a sample of what's available;
http://catalog.antiseize.com/category/anti-seize-compounds&plpver=1001
Copper Slip is the most common, found in most bike shops and workshops;
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fenwicks/copper-slip-500g-ec023036
And just how would you grease a BB? The only ones I've used in the last twenty years have been sealed cartridge types.he also mentioned greasing the BB - which is why people haven't been recommending the copaslip type stuff.....
And just how would you grease a BB? The only ones I've used in the last twenty years have been sealed cartridge types.
You'll be telling us to use KY Jelly next.Vaseline, works on all bike bits and human bits as well.
We can go back and forth as often as you likeyou'd have to ask the OP, I don't know. I do know that my GXP BB needs a lot of grease during crank assembly/fitment, and I wouldn't want to be using copaslip anywhere near that....