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Old 09-12-15 | 03:25 PM
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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.
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