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Old 10-04-19 | 08:42 AM
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Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo

Originally Posted by eduskator
I was wondering if some of you owned any of the 2 torque wrenches mentioned above?
I dont own either of the above.
Instead, I bought a $25 beam style wrench from Northern Tool. Its some generic sounding brand, im guessing their house brand. Its simple and inexpensive. All I need it for is 4 bolts on one of my bikes- the plug, the headset, and the stem. And on one of my kid's bikes its 5 bolts.
Out of the all the bolts on 14 bikes, I only need to use the tool for 9 of them, so i dont need anything small and cute or whatever- the beam wrench is used rarely since once built, there isnt much reason to pull stems or whatever.

Its as accurate as I need since it keeps bolts tight enough to not be unsafe and not so tight that damage occurs.
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