Originally Posted by
Homebrew01
Depends how heavy you are. Max torque is when both feet are off the ground.
I'm 5' 10", weigh 167lbs or so. Don't have a muscular build.
When I originally tightened the cranks(with the socket wrench), the bike was laying on its side and I was sitting on the ground. I wasn't jumping up and down on the lever or anything like that.