Which grease for cables

andy83 · February 2008

Am looking to do a full rebuild, on my old frame, got some easy to use muc off spray to clean the frame and finishline lube for the chain but just wondered if anyone could recomend a grease to put on the cables as ive heard this protects them for longer periods

thanks in advance

Bikedevil · February 2008

thin layer of lithium or teflon works a treat then every now and again blast a squirt or 2 of GT85 down the outers.

jedi_master · February 2008

Some Rock 'N' Roll cable magic down the outers works well for me.

supersonic · February 2008

Prefer to use a light oil, grease can gunk up pretty quick.

ride_whenever · February 2008

dry lube and flying snake cables.

Andy B · February 2008

supersonic wrote:

Prefer to use a light oil, grease can gunk up pretty quick.

Yup, I use Finish line dry lube for cables, 'wet' lube or grease gunks up really quickly.

Neilio · March 2008

In our shop we use Finish line lube for the gear cables as grease causes too much drag especially on the rear, brakes seem fine with a light coating of grease, just nothing too heavy.

omegas · March 2008

any light lube for gear cables as listed above but not grease as it causes drag causing slow and missed changes, it also collects crap.

Rock N Roll gets good reviews:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=2607

z000m · March 2008

i find butter has many uses

stubs · March 2008

white lightening dry lube pour some on a piece of cloth and pull the cable through the lube then fit and forget

Which grease for cables

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