Motorex Bike Grease 2000

Motorex Bike Grease 2000 is a translucent, semi-fluorescent yellowy green unguent that reminds us a great deal of the stuff you find hiding in the threads of new Shimano components. It's proved itself to be extremely tenacious and is a good choice for high-wear applications and exposed locations.

It's called 'Bike Grease' here because, well, they're selling it to cyclists. The '2000' in the name isn't the result of a badly-thought-through marketing meeting back in 1999 but refers to the Calcium-based Formulation, FETT 2000. This is actually native to the 'Slopes and Mountains' section of the Motorex website where they list oils and lubricants for mountain railways, cable cars and the like. As such, you can expect it to be pretty hardy. The operating temperature is stated as -30°c to 120°c and it's claimed to give "Optimum protection against corrosion and wear even under extreme conditions", although if you don't think the 2000 is up to the job there's a 3800 and a 5200 too; those only come in 4.5kg tubs and bigger, though.

Anyway, we digress. As it's designed to be lubricating bearings on ski lifts and such, you'd expect it to not flutter an eyelid at a headset or nut thread. And so it is. This is really, really tenacious stuff. I've regreased the headset on one bike and the residual grease is still grimly hanging on to the frame after many, many wet miles and a good few hosings down. Inside it's a similar story: it stays where you put it and doesn't break down. It's great for most jobs where you need to grease your bike, and it's especially good for exposed areas; push a bit of grease into the links on your mechs with your fingers or a toothbrush and it'll hang in there and stop them from seizing. That kind of thing.

At a tenner for 100g, it's certainly not cheap. But it is very good.

Verdict

Super-tenacious lubrication for your all-weather bikes and more.