As carbon parts have become more common across the biking industry all mechainics have had to adjust the way that they tighten certain bolts on a bike. With other materials mechanics could follow a few simple rules of thumb, be smart about it, and no parts would be damaged. However as anyone who has cracked a carbon part can tell you, it's not especially difficult. To that end, even weekend home mechanics should add a torque wrench to their toolbox. The Recycled Cycles favorite begin the BBB Torquefix. Why?

Size: It's small. The wrench itself is only eight inches long, and even with the case and bit set takes up about as much room as a can of Fosters.

Bit set?: Yes I did say bit set. It comes with 1/4" drive bits for 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, and T25. Not only does this mean you don't have to go out and buy the bits to make your new tool work, but having a dedicated set of bits for final toqrue will help keep your reading accurate for the life of the tool.

Acuracy: Yes. Guaranteed by BBB to be within 4%. So when set to 5nm the highest torque possibly applied would be 5.2nm.

Price: At $100 it is one of the least expensive mini torque wrenches on the market. And it comes with bits. (Did I mention that?)

So, unless you want to spend the beginning of your next ride regaling your riding buddies with the story of why you don't still have your cool new carbon bar, add this to your toolbox.