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Old 03-22-17 | 06:58 PM
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ForceD,

Are you suggesting $2000 for a NEW carbon bike? Entire bike or just the frame/fork?
I was suggesting that spending over $2k for a bike or a frame set and using cheap tools to torque expensive components on said expensive bike/frame is not a very wise thing to do. One could ruin/strip a $400 dollar part by saving $50 bucks with a cheap torque wrench. The net effect is a $350 dollar avoidable mistake.


To belabor the point a bit....
Maybe I'm a tool s1ut/snob but I enjoy and have always purchased good tools even when they were a stretch financially. An old auto mechanic I worked with when I was a young lad said, "Kid, never buy cheap tools. They cost you more money in the long-run". Some tools I own are over 40 years old and still get used regularly.

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