Preventing seat post Seizing?

[Mattyfez]

Hi,
There maybe a best grease then what material?
Like the old adage some oil is better than no oil

Conditions / protection will mean frequency of inspection.

I suppose you could use something like mobil XHP 222, but it's probably over kill as it's not really a moving part or under much stress, the purpose is purely to stop it getting stuck in, so pretty much any general purpose grease will be fine.

[Kojak]

So the consensus appears to be 12m unless you have extenuating circumstances so far then.
Thanks everyone.

[Mattyfez]

Yeh I think the trick is to grease it in the first instance if it's dry. Then you probably don't need to worry about it at all really apart from checking it's not dry on the odd occasion you feel like it or are adjusting it, in which case it won't hurt to clean it up and put a fresh film on if nessesary.

For example i bought a new boxed bike recently, and there was no lube provided, so a small amount smeared over the portion of tube that's inserted into the frame, should be good for ages. I just used standard bike grease, as it was to hand at the time.

I find it slightly weird that according to the poll, 5% do it every time they wash thier bike.. There's really no need.

[mig]

doesn't that depend on how often you wash your bike though?!

[meic]

Yes, I wash my bikes about once a year (each).

[robc02]

I use Shimano Anti-Seize on most parts that might be prone to seizing. I don't have a regular routine for checks, just "every now and then" depending on the type and frequency of usage the bike gets. It probably works out at around annually for my most used bikes.