Mick F wrote:Yep.
As I said, count me in if it's the Right Stuff!
You going to be a test pilot?
Mick F wrote:Yep.
As I said, count me in if it's the Right Stuff!
kwackers wrote:If you've got the stuff you should use it, but my point was I wouldn't go out of my way to buy something special. (Although I'd draw the line at olive oil or petroleum jelly - good for lubricating plastics though.)
Worth noting you can over pack with grease, in machinery it can cause the bearings to overheat. Given the low power of bicycles I don't know how much of an issue this could be but it would probably affect the bearings efficiency.
Further clarification please! Particularly your tip on massaging olive oil into handlebar foam grips. Shurely a little greazy?cyclingthelakes wrote:kwackers wrote:If you've got the stuff you should use it, but my point was I wouldn't go out of my way to buy something special. (Although I'd draw the line at olive oil or petroleum jelly - good for lubricating plastics though.)
Worth noting you can over pack with grease, in machinery it can cause the bearings to overheat. Given the low power of bicycles I don't know how much of an issue this could be but it would probably affect the bearings efficiency.
To clarify this, there have been times I've been in the house and can not really be spraying petrol around, like I said, quick fixes.
Now, I've got foam on the handle bars and those I've massaged with olive oil. It works okay, nothing spectacular but they are holding up okay.
531colin wrote:OK, I found
Mobilith SHC 1500
$9.95 For a 400g cartridge (plus shipping from USA??) http://store.lubricants.com/Mobilith-SHC-1500-p/lubricants_conn10_003.htm
or 6 cartridges for £93.12, shipping £8.50 , both plus VAT from Gannon via E mail
But also...
Theres XHP 222, the latest incarnation of HP 222, which was CJ's second favourite after the paper mill stuff last time,
Thats £26.50 for 12 cartridges here http://www.lubricantsupplies.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=XHP+222,
probably plus VAT and shipping.
Now, seeing as I'm semi-retired and all, I might see my way to buying in XHP 222 by the box and selling at say five or six pounds for a 400g cartridge, including post.
Thats probably a sensible price, if the grease is good for bikes.
So, CJ, is XHP 222 good enough?
As a price comparison, Halfords list Castrol LM grease, 500g tub for £6.99
CJ wrote:So: if Mobilith SHC-1500 can be got in 400g tubes, I'd like to try that.
531colin wrote:I've been Googling again.....
I found CJ's favourite Mobilith SHCPM 460
Any thoughts?
Mick F wrote:531colin wrote:I've been Googling again.....
I found CJ's favourite Mobilith SHCPM 460
Any thoughts?
Sounds ok to me, considering the 1500 will cost so much.
So, yes please.
nez dans le guidon wrote:This is a really interesting thread. I can make a non-technical contribution - if you want to keep cats out of the garden you need a Jack Russell. Cats aren't stupid. And I wonder if anyone would like to expand the subject to chain oil. I buy the liquid gold stuff from the LBS, but I feel such a dilly doing it because I just wonder if it's snake oil and A.N. Other oil would do in its place. I am as susceptible to salesmanship and copywriting as the next man.
John