Originally Posted by
MikeyBoyAz
ilc, just because a stem is rated to 5Nm doesn't mean a carbon bar is rated that high... just saying. I have been loading my bars to 4Nm and have never had one rotate on me... ever... so why add any more torque?
I went with 4Nm because of thinking that 5Nm would be too high for my aerobars (5Nm max). Hit a slight crack in the road and I was suddenly looking a inch further down at my wheel.
I prefer to just go to the max now.
