Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
Steel or alloy... maybe not. Carbon, maybe yes.
a good 1/4" torque wrench will not sit on the shelf with me, so i don't mind buying a quality tool. If you're gonna use it only a few times a year, then maybe $100 is too much to sit on a shelf.
I'm fairly certain we don't need NIST traceable torque wrenches with 1% accuracy to put together a bike. Any decent manufacturer would design in plenty of safety margin. I very much doubt that tightening a bolt spec'ed to 5nm to 5.5 or 6nm is going to cause a problem. If it did you should look for a better bike.