Congratulations on the nice looking set of wheels. I am almost certain that you will love these wheels because I have built up these wheels two more times since the first set.
1) 2011 HED. C2 rims, black Sapim CX-Ray spokes F28lacedx2 and R32lacedx3, red Prolock Hex nipples, black WI MI5/H3 hubs, +6000 miles (perfectly true and not requiring any adjustment since mile 1 almost 18 month ago)
2) 2012 HED. C2 rims, silver Sapim CX-Ray spokes F32lacedradial and R32lacedx3, brass nipples, silver WI MI5/H3 hubs, 500 miles on them
3) 2013 HED. C2 rims, silver Sapim CX-Ray spokes F32lacedx3 and R32x3, brass nipples, and silver WI T-11 hubs (waiting for an 11-speed build)
So the question now is what tires are you going to put on these wheels?
I have tried several tires on them:
1) Continental TT 23c - these expanded to 24.5 mm, which were very, very smooth rolling, but lasted only 1000 miles (95-100 psi front, 105-110 psi rear)
2) Vittoria Open Pave EVO CG 24c - these expanded to 25.5 mm, are very smooth rolling, and the rear tire lasted 2500 miles (90-95 psi front, 100 psi rear)
3) Continental GP4000s 25c - these expanded to 27.5 mm, are smooth rolling but not as soft feeling as the Vittorias (80-85 psi front, 90-95 psi rear), 500 miles so far
I also am waiting to put on some Vittoria Corso EVO CX 23c and 25c tires on these wheels.
I weigh 200 lbs so your pressures could be lower - I have only had two punctured flats and a final flat through tire threads of the Continental TT when I decided to replace them.
Try to find the most supple tire and thinnest inner tubes and ride them at the lowest pressures you dare - the smoothness of tires on these wider rims will blow your mind away.
I have used only Vittoria Ultra-Light Butyl 20-23 inner tubes for all of these tires because I was not bold enough to use latex tubes, which should only improve the ride.
These wheels were supposed to be my training wheels while I decided on (and saved for) a set of carbon wheels (ENVE 3.4 tubular) - however, I still kept on going back again and again to these HED. C2 rims!
Ride them in good health, ride them safely, and ride them like your stole them!
Mark
Last edited by MarkThailand; 03-26-13 at 09:43 PM.