Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Really? The two carbon bars I've had have booth been 5 Nm, or 5.5 Nm for the one I'm riding now. I had assumed all carbon bars took ~5 Nm; it seemed like that's why they made that torque key?
...my torque key is a Bontrager 4Nm, and the bars I was installing were Bontrager xXx... and it still cracked the bars... as for improper tightning... I just installed it like I would lugnuts on a car... crisscross at small 1/4 turn intervals... as for the stem being out of shape, the new bars went on like butter @4Nm with no prob... I would assume there are as many torque keys as there are torque ratings...