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Loose parts wear faster !
All my bolts and parts are super duper light alloy/titanium and pre-torque wrench I was always ruining things.
Torque wrenches aren't cheap, a Park Torque Wrench will set you back around £30 and this will only cover one range (maybe 2nm - 15nm) which might be fine, but to cover yourself you might need two, These Park Torque Wrenchs are the beam sort, which are easy to re-calibrate if they drift out.
I have got a pair of the 'click' sort which are great to use, but expect to pay £50 each (!!!!!)
Can you ever spend too much money on your bike ?
Like I said I used to get all the usual loose crank, loose BB, a creak here or there, a slipping seatpost and all the usual bike problems we all get now and again, but since the torques moved in I have had zero bike problems (which is a revelation to me !!).
The day before this years London to Brighton I built up a complete bike from the ground, installed BB, fork, brakes, headset etc etc - I then rode the whole 54 miles (70 including getting down to my friends place) without a worry - I would have never risked this before as I pretty much know something would come loose, fall off or fail during the first few rides if not correctly torqued.