Everything You Should Know About Grease, Oils And Cleaners | Bike Lube & Cleaning Products Explained

Knowing which cleaning products, oils, lubricants and brake fluids to use on your bike can be confusing! In this video, we take a detailed look at everything you need to know. We explain the basics, but also nerd out on specialist products for detailing. 🤓🤘 - ⏰ Time Stamps 👇

🔘 01:09 - Essentials for clean, protect and lubricating
🔘 07:22 - A deeper look at specialist products
🔘 08:46 - Greases & clamping compounds
🔘 15:12 - Suspension greases/Lube
🔘 16:45 - Suspension Oil
🔘 19:52 - Brake Oil - D.O.T & Mineral category braking fluid
🔘 24:24 - Thread Lock & Retaining compound and primer
🔘 26:37 - Polish and detailing

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What kind of collection do you have in the #BikeCave? Let us know 👇

[al]

A demonstration for the use of these products, especially the more in depth ones would be great!

[duberdeedu]

This video is very helpful to me as I'm starting to learn how to maintain my bike. Really thankful to Doddy for sharing all the products that can be used. Cheers for the great video! 😄😄

[MrBillUp]

Not many videos get saved into my bike playlist. This video deserves its place. Cheers Dodd. 👍
My favourite tool for cleaning my bike in conjunction with your favourite cleaning product, is the Karcher SC3 All-in-One Steam Cleaner. You can blast all and any grease out of your chain, cassettes, frame, anywhere there is grease or oil residue. It uses steam which evaporates very quickly, leaving perfectly clean surfaces ready for re-greasing or oiling. I couldn't be without it

[brownyboy]

You never mentioned what oil you use in your hair Doddy!

[Powerhugful]

Excellent video! I'm amazed at the amount of knowledge you possess, Doddy! Sidenote, get the stache back!

[gergoolle]

So this was the video where I had to use a notepad to write down the infos.
And realized Im well equipped ^^
Thanks GMBN Tech ^^

[JIBBING_S]

Suspension/fork&shock oil what I've been googled 15 hours ago, the answer is here, thank you vry much

[sticksman]

Great video doddy.you really go into great detail on what's needed.ive bought numerous items from your recommendations and will continue.i think it's safe to say we all trust your judgement.

[jimmyzhao]

*Great Video* So much useful information. Wow ! there are so many products out there

[gurgenmakaryan]

Just amazing, so much information!
Thank you very much!

[A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

Excellent video !
Iceman you are one my favourite presenters of all YouTube.

[MichaelJohnson-mhmp]

Outstanding presentation, great advice.

[neilcheshire]

Thanks Doddy, really useful information!

[eddolous]

I just use a hose to clean of the mud, an then degrease the chain and when it’s dry lube it. And then back to mowing lawns

[paule]

My racing machine is so happy with the yellow cleaner from muc-off, love it!)) Thanks for this useful tour! Definitely would be great to see some videos demonstrating proper ways to apply these things, with a focus on WHY should be used in each particular case

[danielscheideler]

Great Video!
Having dedicated products for all parts of the bike really makes a big difference and it´s worth the investment.
What absolutely isn´t worth investing in (in my opinion) is dry lubes. I´ve tried lots over the years and none works good enough to use over longer periods of time, the worst one I can remember is the red finish line stuff.
If you want a clean drivetrain, think of waxing the chain properly. My recent Corona-experiment proved to be way more successful than I initially thought and I am going to continue with the waxed chains until the winter. It works even in wet(ish) conditions and lasts longer than my wet lube.
And please use biodegradable products wherever possible! There are lots of really good options out there and dumping toxic waste in our forests is absolutely unnecessary.
Cheers!

[jaysondocot]

Very informative channel! Long time subscriber here. Keep it up!

[danielbingham]

Love the Muc-Off gear, I would like to see you give a bike a good clean, how you apply your sprays etc. To a rag/micro fibre cloth first or spray on etc. You guys are legends, Thanks

[sharpcsc]

Really, really useful - another brilliantly practical video from GMBN