Originally Posted by
velo-orange
a 3 oz tube of park or phil or pedros grease can't be that much and will probably be the last bit of grease you'll ever buy. A 1lb jar o white lithium grease from a hardware store will cost the same and you'll have 4 times as much, lasting you 4 lifetimes.
I don't mind paying the same amount for less qty- i'm not a glutton, and I'm only buying it 1-2x a year.
Shopping around for a 3oz tube of grease seems like a lot of effort to save a couple bucks. Is there a bike geek friend that has some you can borrow? and maybe his/her guidance?
Searching for little tubes of "boutique" grease is a waste of time and
MONEY. There is no such thing as "bike grease", irrespective of what some vendors would have you believe, it's really just repackaged auto or machine grease. For 2 decades now I've used water proof boat trailer wheel bearing grease that I buy at auto parts stores. Cheap, and I've never had any type of failure that could be traced back to the grease.