Greasing a carbon seatpost

Posted on Mon 12th, November 2012

• #1

beseku

Sorry if this came up before, I did search. Also sorry for such a simple question.

I just received a present, a carbon seat post for my aluminium framed road bike. Do I need to grease it before using it and, if so, with what kind of grease?
• #2

_Zed_

Use sparingly and apply correct torque.

Carbon grease will mark your seatpost so beware.
• #3

beseku

Brilliant, thankyou.
• #4

Radders

Is that just red rubber grease?
• #5

Emyr

Tacx do Carbon assembly paste too. GIYF.
• #6

colm

get the Tacx carbon assebly paste, much better value then spending a couple of pound on a sachet. it can be used with metal on metal too, allows lower torques due to increased friction between the 2 surfaces.
• #7

Dammit

SRM recommend that you use carbon assembly paste when putting chain rings onto their spider, presumably to make sure everything is as secure as possible.
• #8

dan

I use carbon assembly paste. Works well, no slipping. Slightly gritty texture is a bit odd, but doesn't seem to mark anything as long as you've got everything done up correctly.

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