jlaw

+1 for Harbor Freight. I have their 1/4" and 3/8" click-type torque wrenches - $20 each - on sale for $10 occasionally. Some people express concerns about HF tool accuracy. The way I see it is that most torque values for bike bolts are given as a low/high range that spans about 10 to 20% I shoot for the middle and don't worry about it. Remember to turn the spring back to zero when storing.

If I had a real concern I'd simply take my cheap torque wrenches to my car mechanic and have him check them against his expensive Snap-On wrenches and give him $10 for his trouble. Cheap insurance or a valuable lesson learned.

I've been wrenching on bikes for many years and never even had a torque wrench until recently when I installed a new plug in a carbon steerer tube. So far so good.