Re: [CR]white campy grease (is it true what they say?)

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2004)

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:02:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]white campy grease (is it true what they say?)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
In-Reply-To: <b61730fee50f510cff1a84a702484d44@sbcglobal.net>


I agree, but Campy Grease does seem a bit thinner to me than modern greases .  I would never use Campy grease to lubricate any bearings I was going t o the trouble to overhaul, as I think Phil Wood or Park grease is better.  But I wouldn't be in a hurry to overhaul perfectly good bearings just to replace the Campy grease either.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, Texas, USA, where it was 27 deg F on the ride into work this mo rning


--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Phil Brown wrote:


From: Phil Brown <philcycles@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR]white campy grease (is it true what they say?) To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:47 PM

On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Isaac Schell wrote:
> Recently I built a pair of NOS campy pista wheels. The hubs still spun
> very smooth so I did not bother to repack them. However, a friend of
> mine told me that I should make a point to repack them with regular
> grease because that super expensive white campagnolo butter is not
> meant to be used on wheels which are ridden very often (and I will be
> riding these almost every day). Is this a cycling urban legend? Lie?
> Or actually true. It seems plausible only because everything cycling
> seems so specifically engineered.
> In the words of Col. Potter, "Horse pucky!"
Phil Brown
Berkeley, Calif.