Originally Posted by
HillRider
It's not "brilliant", it's mechanical fact. If you don't torque the bolts to at least close to the specified value, it doesn't matter what else you do. Search this forum for all of the "my crank came loose" threads for evidence.
Oh please. If you're the guy installing crank bolts without a torque wrench, you KNOW you have to keep rechecking the bolts after a ride or two to make sure they haven't come loose.
You make it sound as if they only way you could ever put cranks on right is to use a torque wrench. And for the record "my cranks came loose" threads should also have an equal if not greater amount of threads that state "my cranks didn't come loose".