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Old 05-12-10, 08:38 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

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Litespeed always said grease was perfectly fine. Anti-Seize obviously works too as does a couple of layers of plumber's teflon tape. As long as you lube the threads reasonable well, there will be no problems.

I have a '96 Litespeed with over 70,000 miles that has been ridden in every possible condition and the bb is still in like-new condition. I used grease for the first few years, anti-seize (because I had a can in my garage) later and finally teflon tape. The tape keeps it very quiet and doesn't get on your clothes. Anti-seize is really messy. All of them worked fine.

One thing I always did was to disassemble the bike for a thorough cleaning and relubing about once a year. The problems from seized anything (bottom brackets, seatposts, stems, whatever) are mostly due to neglect and lack of routine maintenance.
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