I've used a lot of different bike specific greases in the past, and all at exorbanant prices! Phil Wood, Triflow synthetic, Park Polylube, Finishline Xtreme Fluoro (a favorite, but wayyy expensive). Some work better than others, but I suspect there might be lower cost options out there which work just as well as the fancy greases at lower prices (eg: triflow vs. superlube).
If you were to try and find a more generic grease to use for bicycle ball bearings what would you look for? And what greases come ot mind? I figure you really have three different applications of bearing grease in a bike, as well. 1: Wheel bearings- very similar to automotive except lower loads and speeds and possibly more excotic materials. 2: Bottom bracket- looking at operating speeds around 100rpms and 3: Headset bearings with see a lot of micromovement and static loads but also may potentially suffer grease wash out easily in wet weather as there is the potential for veritcle water wash (granted, not exactly a lot).
Anyways, my first though, at least for bearing grease, would be a non-moly marine type grease with synthetic base oils and some form of water proof thickener. Maybe something like a #1 aluminum complex? Wouldn't even know where to start on the bottom bracket or headset as far as picking out a grease specific for the application, though.
If you were to try and find a more generic grease to use for bicycle ball bearings what would you look for? And what greases come ot mind? I figure you really have three different applications of bearing grease in a bike, as well. 1: Wheel bearings- very similar to automotive except lower loads and speeds and possibly more excotic materials. 2: Bottom bracket- looking at operating speeds around 100rpms and 3: Headset bearings with see a lot of micromovement and static loads but also may potentially suffer grease wash out easily in wet weather as there is the potential for veritcle water wash (granted, not exactly a lot).
Anyways, my first though, at least for bearing grease, would be a non-moly marine type grease with synthetic base oils and some form of water proof thickener. Maybe something like a #1 aluminum complex? Wouldn't even know where to start on the bottom bracket or headset as far as picking out a grease specific for the application, though.
