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HED Jet 60s race wheels or?

tggagnetggagne
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I ride my cervelo p2 with stock shimano r550s. pretty decent wheels i think. Anyways a friend just offered up a set of HED jet 60s for my iroman canada race in 3 weeks. Should I be smiling?

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  • tggagnetggagne
    Sorry, I forgot to mention, yup I know zipps rule but got no friend offering up a set.
  • Gordon CherwoniakGordon Cherwoniak

    Tim,

    From my commetns below you will notice that I have very little knowledge of wheels so take my comments for what they are worth.

    I'd probably be on the HED's with the following caveats: 

    1) can I handle them in the wind.

    2) What if they got wrecked/damaged, could I get a replacement set back to my friend in a timely fashion.  If he's done racing for the season and you have all winter to save up that's good, but what if he has a race early in September.

    3) Breaking issues (pads, wet weather braking etc, see below)

    As for the wheels I don't know much about either and found the followign in a quick search:

    r500's

    "Unlike many wheelsets available these are aimed directly at the road market. Time trial and triathlon duties will not be their main bag. However in theory less spokes (and aero ones at that) create less turbulance, so they will have a place on windy days. The shallow section will mean that they remain stable under side winds too, so for starting out on tri-bars they will be a good option."

     

    They did get a very good rating from this website.



    Read more: http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/bike-r...s/411.html

     

    Jet 60

     

    The Jet60 is carbon correct?

     

    That will make it lighter (I assume as I did not find a weight) but to me this brings up breaking issues.  Do you have to change out break pads?  How will it break in the rain?  These are all questions I'd would need answers to before choosing this wheelset. 

     

     

    Having said all this I also assume the Jet 60 would be the more aero wheelset and lighter than the r550.

     

    I found the following about the breaking surface to put your mind somewhat at ease with all my questions breaking issues:

     

    "It has a machined alloy brake surface for dead reliable braking in all conditions. There is not a lighter clincher aero wheel with an alloy brake surface available at any price."

     


     

    Gordon

     

     
  • HiSpeedLowDragHiSpeedLowDrag
    Hi Tim,

    I run a HED Jet 60 in the front and a Jet 90 powertap in the back. Gordon makes a lot of good points to consider and the HED Jets I have are clinchers so there is really no issues with braking or the need to change break pads. The HED Jets are not carbon per se. The wheel has a carbon fairing that is attached and therefore makes it a very solid wheelset. I've used mine for both racing and training and have had no issues. I also weight 195 lbs so you better believe the wheels have taken a beating. I am a big fan of HED. I say take them for a spin to see how you like them - don't wait till the last minute to ride them. Good luck with your race!
  • manconamancona
    Yes, smile away.

    Definitely take the front wheel as it will be faster than your stock wheels.

    Do you have a power meter? If so, you MUST race with that. If it is a PT, stick with your rear wheel and add a wheel cover. If you have a crank based powermeter use the rear HED wheel as well.

    If you don't use a power meter ... get one ;-) ... use both the front and rear wheels for the race.
  • tggagnetggagne
    Posted By Tim Gagne on 09 Aug 2010 10:49 PM

    I ride my cervelo p2 with stock shimano r550s. pretty decent wheels i think. Anyways a friend just offered up a set of HED jet 60s for my iroman canada race in 3 weeks. Should I be smiling?



    Thanks for the insight everyone.

    I have learned more: the wheels are clinchers, so no carbon brake pad issues. they are a couple of years old with 2 1/2irons and 1 iron.

     

    I do not use Power Meter so that simplifies things.

  • gschlossnaglegschlossnagle
    I run a HED Jet 60 front for races. I like it, don't think it's too prone to wind swayage in my experience (I'm just south of 180).
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    I also am a proud owner of a cervelo p2c with Hed Jet 60 wheels.  You should be fine with that combo.  Very stable, front (fairly) aero.

     

    Enjoy!

  • tggagnetggagne
    I did give them a try last night. 2x20min z4 in workout. I suspect I got an extra km per hr speed wise with same effort as shimanos but did find them a little sluggish climbing a couple of short steep hills.
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