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I'm still using my decades old tin of Shell Retinax AM, but if it ever runs out I'll be shopping for Retinax HDX1 or Gadus S2 V220 AD 1
*or WS2 when I'm feeling really tarty.
Its bicycles so one could just as well use any old "waterproof" grease (e.g. "marine" or disk brake wheel bearing grease) and just clean things and relube from time to time.. but if one is going to bother.. that Gadus is a really standard EP lithium grease.. and non-moly (or WS2).. Its OK and surely sufficient.. but I'd not consider it a first choice.. For bicycle bearings these days I like Klueber Isoflex NCA52-- its the Calcium soap version of NB52. Its not thin but also not thick.. visoscity, if it matters, at 40C is ~31 mm²/s. Its an industrial product so quality and price is comparatively high. Viewed as "price per application" (how much does one need for hubs and pedals?) it is cheap... Does Isoflex work better than the 2 GBP for 400g disc brake wheel bearing grease in this application? I feel it does.. For general uses around bikes I'll use Kluber Microlube GL261... save for things like pressfits where I use a dedicated assembly paste such as Klüberpaste 46 MR 401..
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It's a high viscosity grease designed for use at very low speeds. It would probably work on a bicycle, but it wouldn't be my first choice as it's likely to be a bit sticky and doesn't have any solid lubricant additives
For the rolling bearings, NLGI grade between 0 and 2 with 1 being my favourite, kinematic viscosity about 200cSt (ISO 150, 220 or 320 will do, again the middle one is my favourite), preferably with some (2-5%) MoS2*, ideally with calcium or lithium/calcium soap rather than pure lithium. I'm still using my decades old tin of Shell Retinax AM, but if it ever runs out I'll be shopping for Retinax HDX1 or Gadus S2 V220 AD 1
*or WS2 when I'm feeling really tarty.