[tjspiel]

My family's got a couple of bikes that need new grease, -including the one I'll be riding this winter. I've used a big tub of marine grease forever but I'm wondering if there might be something more suitable for the cold winter temps. What do you think?

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[twobikes]

I considered this last winter. When temperatures went below 30 deg. F. I could feel extra drag from the grease. I bought a tube of thinner grease for coating parts while assembling an engine, but never got around to repacking bearings with it.

[Carl26]

According to Mcmaster Carr, marine grade lithium grease is good for temps of 0 to +325 deg F. You can go with a synthetic lithium grease which suitable for temps of -50 to +400 deg F. If you're really serious you can get some Dow Corning Molykote 33 low temperature grease for temps of -100 to +400 deg F.

The consistency of the Molykote 33 will be the same as the marine grade you are using now. The synthetic lithium will be a little thinner. You can click the link below, or go to www.mcmaster.com (http://www.mcmaster.com) and type in "grease" to see all of the pages.

http://www.mcmaster.com/ctlg/DisplCtlgPage.aspx?ReqTyp=CATALOG&CtlgPgNbr=2086&RelatedCtlgPgs=2080,2082,2083,2084,2085,2086,2087,2088,2089,2090&term=Grease&sesnextrep=69735897504952&ScreenWidth=1024&McMMainWidth=773