Originally Posted by
idiotekniQues
what does it say about carbon vs aluminum/steel that you can't clamp a CF frame in certain places and you need to use a torque wrench to tighten parts on the bike? just a question for the scientists on here
The same thing that it says that if you wrench a kickstand down on steel tubes, they will crumple? Or perhaps the same as if you over tighten a quill stem, you can bulge things: that materials have a failure point, and if you are silly with how you apply torque, you can easily exceed it.