Grease is the word!
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Just bought a nice new road bike with Ultegra chainset. When I put the pedals on the cranks is it definitely okay to use Copper grease on the threads as anti-seize. Some people say that's okay to use, but most bike shops seem to use a pink grease. So which is best to use?
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I use copper grease in various areas of my own bikes upon assembly - pedals being one of them.
The pink "grease" used by bike shops may actually be carbon assembly paste - wouldnt use that stuff on pedals to crank though as the cranks will have a threaded metal insert.0 -
the pink grease could be tf2 grease
same as hope uses but they but in-trade with a blue dye..
works well and is all purpose
people will go on and on about lithium grease, but I also use finish line teflon, and the tf2 works better when exposed to water.......0 -
The pink grease is the best grease, I don't think it's carbon assembly paste. Don't wipe it off, it's good stuff!0
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This is like asking "who would you sleep with- Marilyn Monroe or Bridget Bardot?"' It really doesn't matter- either would be brilliant. Unless you object to a barrier compound with extremist animal rights views.0
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Copperslip for non moving, moly for moving.
Copperslip is an anti seze cmpound and is slightly abrasive, so pedal threads, nuts and bolts, seat posts, etc etc.
Normal bog standard moly for everything else does the job fine and is a tenth of the price of the greases that the LBS will sell you in a cycling related packet. .0
