Originally Posted by
Ron Damon
That's right. Those Lithium greases are more than capable of meeting the pressure, temperature and shears any bicycle and human cyclist will ever encounter. Don't try to be more Shia than the Ayatollah.
The price of Shimano Premium grease in a 1lb tub is $3.76/oz on Amazon. Valvoline's Moly EP Lithium grease is $0.85/oz. The Master Pro stuff I buy at O'Reilly's is $0.50/oz. That's almost an order of magnitude difference.