Gracie1194

This is my first build! What do I need to oil and greased or lubed as I install? What needs to be regularly greased and lubed?

Its a steel frame, 10 speed. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing this is my build list if interested

CrippledKonaBoy

LIGHTLY grease all threaded fasteners (screws & bolts) that you install. Oil the chain.

If you're installing the headset yourself, a little grease on the outside of the cups where they insert is not a bad idea.

I also apply a thin layer of grease to cables before sliding them into housings.

Earl Grey

Someone else just asked a very similar question that might help: https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-me...te-grease.html

cny-bikeman

It seems very odd to be doing a scratch build if you don't know what bike parts need to be regularly greased and lubed.

jimc101

Would caution on using grease on every bolt, For Shimano parts, these will come pre-thread locked, and can be installed dry, for your seatcollar, check the instructions (which goes for everything), as some manufactures will spec torque setting for dry / require a dry interface.

Gracie1194

This is how I'm learning everything. By the time I'm done with the build I'll know what needs to be greased, lubed, how to tune stuff, and do some repairs. Learning experience.

CrippledKonaBoy

Shimano? WHO uses THAT? LOL (I have XT cable housing and a Deore crankset)

Experience tells me I am a human torque wrench.

Gracie1194

I'm bringing it to the shop when I'm done to make sure it's all done right. No better way to learn than to do it, in my opionins.

JanMM

It's possible to learn quite a lot by reading about bikes in books, magazines, and online. (And instructional videos, of course.)
Great to learn by doing, but even better have some basic knowledge of the process before the doing begins.

Deaver

Not Grease, Lube or Oil but I start off with this stuff

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V73

Sure learning by doing is great, and I advocate it as well, but if you ask an automotive mechanic, most of them probably didn't learn to fix cars by building one piece by piece. A much better, cheaper option in my opinion is to get a broken or used bike, and fix it as it needs repairs, learn to maintain it, and it you want to learn how something works, take that thing apart and put it back together again. Much easier to learn from that than it is to start with no experience and try to undergo a massive project like building a bike from the ground up. Even without difficulty, I don't think there's really as much opportunity for learning in general from that situation. You may succeed and have a bike that's done okay, but you won't know the fine points or be familiar with things having only done them once on new clean parts like you would if you did them regularly on something that had actually seen use.

Gracie1194

I had no idea what a derailleur, crankset, cassette, or bottom bracket were before I spent the time picking out all my parts. Now I know what all the parts are and what they do. I won't know anything if I buy an already built up bike.

V73

Just my two cents, but to each their own, and if you do want to build a bike, I wish you the best of luck.

arvin smee

go heavy with the grease on the bottom bracket, seat post, and pedal threads. good luck with your project! pretty ambitious but sounds fun.

JonathanGennick 

I like that you're building. So fun to do.

Disk brake rotor bolts typically are thread-locked and not greased. Ditto the caliper mounting bolts. I noticed disk brakes in your build, so thought I'd mention those two items.

Be sure to post back with some photos when the bike's done.

Gracie1194

Will do! Thanks for the positivity

JonathanGennick 

LOL! You're welcome. I enjoy building a great deal. Sure, it's costly and less efficient and there are probably all sorts of reasons not to do it, but I enjoy it too much.

Kids love it too. Since last spring I've coached four kids through five frame-up builds. Am hoping to do one for myself now, before the warm weather hits.

The kid in the photos in my reply to your other thread on headsets is happily riding that bike around town, taking it back and forth to school each day despite the snow and the ice. He's having great fun, and he built the thing himself. He takes some serious pride in that bike, and he's taking awfully good care of it too.