I finally stopped using torque wrenches for every single bolt

Last week, a customer brought in a carbon seatpost I'd installed a month prior with the exact spec torque, and the binder had still slipped. Three years ago at the shop in Boulder, my mentor said 'feel is the real spec' for things like stems and posts, and I think he was right. Anyone else just go by hand feel for certain components now?

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evan_dixon673d ago

Feel is the real spec" is especially true for carbon parts... they just compress differently.

aaron6773d ago

Carbon feels like marketing talk to me.