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Old 05-03-20 | 05:56 PM
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Camilo
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I have two beam type torque wrenches and a couple of Ritchey torquekeys. My wrenches are a little Park one (their smaller beam) for light torques. The second one is larger, a Craftsman, for heavier torques like the cassette and the crank. I'd have to say, I use the torque key many, many times more often than either of the torque wrenches. WHen I got these, Park didn't make an inexpensive click type and I did't trust the cheap click types and didn't want to spend the money for a decent one.

The beam type work fine, never require calibration and are kind of idiot-proof. The only challenge, sometimes, is using them at an angle that makes the scale readable. Given that most higher torques are in a pretty broad range, the scales on the beam wrenches are plenty easy to read accurately enough.

The light torques are a bit more fussy to read on the scale, but no big deal. And, almost all of the light torques I do with the Torquekey. I use it frequently for torques that are just a bit higher than it's setting, understanding that torques on most fasteners and seatposts, etc. are maximum, not "exactly this".

Decent click type would be nice to have, but I'm not going to buy a new set of light and heavy torque wrenches just for that.
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