Originally Posted by rmfnla
I wholeheartedly agree, although I've has some incredible debates on the subject in these pages.
I use decent quality automotive grease and I still haven't had anything fail because of it, and several of my bikes have all non-cartridge bearings.
FWIW, Phil is too expensive, too.
I third that. Grease is grease. I've been using CV joint grease because I had some left over from a car repair, it very convenient because its in a tube and its cheap.
I still have the "tub-o'-grease" lying around but it gets so dirty that I have to excavate a a half inch before I get to the clean stuff.
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