SEVEN DAY CYCLIST
CYCLING, BUT NOT USUALLY RACING

Muc-Off Bio Grease has been liberally applied across my fleet for the past eighteen months and has stayed put through some pretty harsh conditions. Unlike traditional lithium and PTFE pastes, it seems unaffected by temperature, so enjoys a decent flow - straight from the spout.

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It emerges from the tube looking and to some extent, smelling like strawberry jam. Muc-Off have been decidedly tight lipped when it comes to disclosing exact composition but say its fully biodegradable and free of petrochemical based oils. 

 

Being free of petrochemicals, there’s no fear of it doing anything nasty to seals/similar rubberised components, or composites, either. Obviously, no-one in their right mind uses grease as an assembly paste for carbon fibre, but overspill from a freshly greased lower headset race isn’t going induce an attack of the vapours.

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I’ve taken sensible precautions, such as washing hands after use but otherwise, discomfort has been a moot point, even with two or three hour maintenance sessions.

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Titanium has an unenviable reputation for becoming right royally seized in steel/aluminium alloy hosts. I applied a thin layer bio-grease and largely neglected them until this week. Clamp bolts slackened, stems and seatposts proved fully mobile.

 

That said; I’ve tended to use a stiffer, polymer paste when dressing my workhorse and winter/training bikes’ bottom bracket and derailleur hanger threads.