Originally Posted by
gregf83
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.
The bike is a Trek Emonda SLR, so getting a "better" bike is not really an option.
1%, no... 10% no also.