Today’s Creature from the Desk is a packet of Easton Friction Paste. It looks suspiciously like a packet of Sriracha (Asian hot sauce) and I nearly put it on my Charlie Hong Kong rice bowl the other day. Though I’ve never tasted friction paste, I’m thinking it’s pretty nasty…and that would have forced me to use hot sauce on bike parts, which can't be right either.
Anyway, friction paste is a grease of sorts except that it’s not meant to lubricate. It has some magical grains of synthetic grit that help insure both corrosion resistance and impressive resistance—paradoxically preventing both the slippage and the seizing of clamped bicycle components (i.e. seatposts, bars and stem, etc.) at the same time.
I’ve heard it works really well, but haven’t gotten around to putting it on my bikes yet. I should though—I’ve always been a little wary about how tight I’ve cinched the carbon seatpost in my carbon frame…and this stuff is supposed to let you get away with 30 percent less torque on the fixing bolts.
Anyway, friction paste is a grease of sorts except that it’s not meant to lubricate. It has some magical grains of synthetic grit that help insure both corrosion resistance and impressive resistance—paradoxically preventing both the slippage and the seizing of clamped bicycle components (i.e. seatposts, bars and stem, etc.) at the same time.
I’ve heard it works really well, but haven’t gotten around to putting it on my bikes yet. I should though—I’ve always been a little wary about how tight I’ve cinched the carbon seatpost in my carbon frame…and this stuff is supposed to let you get away with 30 percent less torque on the fixing bolts.
So it sounds really good for my bike…but not so much for my lunch.
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