[MOJO K]

Hmm, it certainly never worked for that purpose. .

It was marginal. Pam cooking spray and Pledge furniture polish were both used to limit the amount of mud your bike could hold. I think it was based on cyclocross wisdom of the day.

 

[Curveball]

I drip a bit of whale oil on my SPDs.

 

[huckleberry hound]

Put can of Spam in a vise, tighten, use grease dripping from can on pedals.

I would think that bacon grease would be better because everyone says that bacon makes everything better. (full disclosure, I haven't had bacon in 25 years so I don't know if this is true.)

 

[MOJO K]

everyone says that bacon makes everything better. (full disclosure, I haven't had bacon in 25 years so I don't know if this is true.)

Yes, it's true.

 

[WHALENARD]

What I find is bits of dust, sand, etc. works it's way into the springs at which point clipping out pressure becomes inconsistent as there is now more friction. WD40 works excellent here. It helps clean everything out, dries up, and goes away as it's large percentage solvent. You would have to spray out toward the axle for it to enter the bearings which is dead simple to avoid. Any long lasting lube I've found really counterproductive here. It's the only part I'd advocate WD40 on. It's also an excellent bearing cleaner for overhauls.

 

[Lone Rager]

On road pedals/cleats I'll sometime use a dry lube, like McLube Sailkote.

As many have said, WD40 is evaporating solvent that leaves some light weight oil behind. It's neither magical or evil. It is what it is. I use various oils and solvents for different things and use WD40 on the occasion I want a cheap, relatively benign, solvent/oil mixture in a spray can.

 

[watermonkey]

Make your own dry lube. White fuel (coleman camping stove fuel) and parafin wax. The wax dissolves in the fuel. Brush on anything (except bearings), including chains, and you get penetration, but the fuel readily evaporates, leaving behind the thin film of parafin wax. I brush this onto my spd pedal cleat interfaces to keep the squeak down and aid in clipping/unclipping. Anything "wet" attracts too much of the moon dust around here and binds up the spd's and tries to kill you.

This also works really well on saddle rails and saddle clamps to keep squeaking down, but since its really a dry lube, doesn't attract all the grit and grime that even very light layers of grease do. Per DJ's post, I put that s**t on everything. One pint mason jar of it will last a year. I would advise keeping welding sparks or anything similar away from it - you're halfway to napalm with this stuff.

 

[Picard]

Make your own dry lube. White fuel (coleman camping stove fuel) and parafin wax. The wax dissolves in the fuel. Brush on anything (except bearings), including chains, and you get penetration, but the fuel readily evaporates, leaving behind the thin film of parafin wax. I brush this onto my spd pedal cleat interfaces to keep the squeak down and aid in clipping/unclipping. Anything "wet" attracts too much of the moon dust around here and binds up the spd's and tries to kill you.

Are you certain about this?

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[MSU Alum]

I just keep them clean. I don't lube them.

 

[DIRTJUNKIE]

Well here we are over in the components forum. We were in General Discussion with plenty of responses.

Now listen. Sounds like most of you need to lubricate your pedals.

 

[dkharris111]

When I lived in AZ I never touched them. When I moved to WI I had to lube them when I lubed my chain. Otherwise they made noise. Now living in Western NC I still do. So long story short it may depend on where you live.