Torque Wrench Recommendations For Bike Work?

Steve Sr. wrote in
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I am looking for suggestions for a good torqe wrench to be useful for
most if not all bike work. It would also be good if you could suggest
a range of min to max torques likely to be encountered. I have a
clumsy big beam type but the torque range is really too large for bike
work.

Beam torque wrenches are fine for bicycle work. Some components like bottom
brackets need fairly high torques. Small hex bolts need much less. The Park
bicycle tool company sells two beam torque wrenches with different ranges,
but they appear to be identical to what Sears sells (for about 1/3 less
money).

Sheldon brown has a nice tork-grip wrench.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html

Ken wrote:
Steve Sr. wrote in
news
I am looking for suggestions for a good torqe wrench to be useful for
most if not all bike work. It would also be good if you could suggest
a range of min to max torques likely to be encountered. I have a
clumsy big beam type but the torque range is really too large for bike
work.

Beam torque wrenches are fine for bicycle work. Some components like bottom
brackets need fairly high torques. Small hex bolts need much less. The Park
bicycle tool company sells two beam torque wrenches with different ranges,
but they appear to be identical to what Sears sells (for about 1/3 less
money).

"Ken" wrote in message
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Steve Sr. wrote in
news
I am looking for suggestions for a good torqe wrench to be useful for
most if not all bike work. It would also be good if you could suggest
a range of min to max torques likely to be encountered. I have a
clumsy big beam type but the torque range is really too large for bike
work.

Beam torque wrenches are fine for bicycle work. Some components like
bottom
brackets need fairly high torques. Small hex bolts need much less. The
Park
bicycle tool company sells two beam torque wrenches with different ranges,
but they appear to be identical to what Sears sells (for about 1/3 less
money).

LOL! The 2 torque wrenches I bought from Sears work great, one in ft-lb
range, the other in in-lb range.

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Cary, NC USA
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