Okay, I am relatively new here and don't want to sound like a heretic, but I personally don't use a torque wrench. Certain torque wrenches need to be re-calibrated periodically. I would be curious to know what bolt connection the riv folks use a torque wrench for versus just putting things on using common sense.
I bought a new bike many years back from a new shop and the owner built it up, all using a torque wrench. I was there as he was finishing up. I was impressed. I thought, wow he's using a torque wrench. Well on my first ride, my handle bars and my crank was loose... very loose. Obviously, he needed a new torque wrench or to have his calibrated. I love the appeal that come with using a torque wrench, but I think you still want to use common sense. Best, Scott On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 4:23:22 AM UTC-6, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I am an old man in a dry month, > Being read to by a boy waiting for the rain. > T.S. Eliot > > Yep, guys in lycra now go by so fast they don''t have time to say hello. > I see that my bike repair manual has a 1981 copyright. My tools are all > pretty much old too, but aging better than me. Arthritis in my left hand, > and I can no longer trust the strength in my arms to tell me when a bolt is > tight enough. I can't hold the old beam style torque wrench and bend over > to read it at the same time. > > Sooooo, I need a one of those "new" clique style, or electronic torque > wrench. But which one? and ouch look at the price! I looked at a > Craftsman, but the online reviews were not encouraging. Ditto, > surprisingly, for Park. And of course for complete bike coverage one > really needs two torque wrenches. Topeak sells one that covers the full > range of our needs but there are no dealers here in northern VT, so I would > have to go to Quebec and buy one with the owners manual in French. Or, > sight unseen, online, for a whopping $269. > > What's your experience? > > Michael > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
