Also, in the decades since I last bought a new bike (my previous bike was a low-end Cannondale that was abandoned on a friend’s porch), carbon fiber has taken over the world and so now every single tightenable thing comes with a very specific torque spec. Even things nowhere near any carbon fiber. Even things that come with their own proprietary wrenches that are not torque wrenches. It’s goofy.

Also, in the decades since I last bought a new bike (my previous bike was a low-end Cannondale that was abandoned on a friend’s porch), carbon fiber has taken over the world and so now every single tightenable thing comes with a very specific torque spec. Even things nowhere near any carbon fiber. Even things that come with their own proprietary wrenches that are not torque wrenches. It’s goofy.

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