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A guy at the shop in Tacoma said I was torquing stems wrong, and he was right
He told me to stop going by feel and use a torque wrench, and I rolled my eyes for about 2 weeks until I cracked a carbon steerer on a customer's bike. Now I keep the wrench at the bench and check every single one, no matter how many years I've been doing this. Any of you still trust your wrist over the wrench?
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the_felix2d ago
Torque wrenches are great and you should be using one, but a click type needs to be checked now and then. They drift out of spec over time, especially if you leave it set at a value in your box or drop it once. A wrench that reads low will have you thinking you hit 5 Nm when you really put 7 on it, and that is plenty to crush a steerer. Beam style never goes out of whack but most folks hate reading them. Point is, the tool only saves you if it is actually right. Get it checked once a year or so and you will be fine.
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