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anyone do this?

merlinextraligh

I've got a HED3 front. I wouldn't ride it on a roadbike on a regular basis. 1) It's not the most comofortable ride. 2) It's heavy, and would make the bike feel very sluggish climbing and accelerating.

There's a reason you only see people using these in TT's Tris.

tekhna

I rode a bike once with a Hed3 on it, and it felt like a boat anchor. It made me wonder how these hipster kids ride around with their "arospoks" or however it is they're spelling it these days. Maybe those aren't as bad.

prendrefeu

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neospazzy

I HAD a pair of HED.3's on my roadie. While I liked the looks of it, merlinextraligh is right ... the ride feels very lethargic and heavy. You will also be hating life if you had to deal with crosswinds with these. The only benefit you will see is if you can get the speed of your bike over 25MPH with no crosswinds. Only then you will understand why these types of wheels are made for Time Trials or Track Racing.

BHBiker

I use it and because I am heavy at 190lbs...i doesn't cause me problems....I actually like using it. Once you get up to speed....its just slices the wind.

My training rides are usually solo rides anyway...

umd

BHBiker

On the magazine "Australian Cyclist"....there was a feature about the FIXIE culture hitting the roads of Australia....it showed a guy on an old track/fixie bik with HED.3 fronts....he has the get up of a commuter...Rad!

jccaclimber

I enjoyed them on my road bike. They are not as fast at accelerating as a light wire spoke, but then again when I ride it's usually solo or in small groups. I don't have issues with 20+ mph cross winds, although part of that is that I'm built as a rock climber more so than as a cyclist.

carpediemracing 

I loaned my rear tubular and front clincher to a teammate, but normally I'd use my tubular pair in races where I don't expect a lot of pace changes - flat/basic crits, P123 races, etc. They are a big help when getting into higher speeds.

I have the tubular front in my possession (I don't have a clincher front), it'll be getting a bolt on axle in preparation for some track use.

Coors Light used them in crits for a while in the early 90s. They would kill everyone - no one else was using aero wheels, and they'd have two.

Bob Mionske (of Velonews lawyer article fame) used them regularly, and the Specialized decals boasted about his 1988 bronze in the road race using the Specialized Trispokes (before Specialized sold the wheel rights to HED). As late as the first Tour du Pont (early 90s) the US amateur team was using them in road races (front only).

They are technically illegal for UCI road use due to having less than 16 spokes. In the US they aren't illegal except when UCI rules apply. I think they'll be illegal at some point but I don't know when.

cdr

BHBiker

I use them on small group rides in the M7 and as I have said, once you pick up speed, it really helps. Since my training wheels are Aksium heavyweights,...i dont mind the wight of the pair of Hed.3s...for it is lighter than the Aksium wheelset by a few hundred grams.....

Heavy riders like me suit the Hed.3s as the aero benefits far outweighs (no pun intended) the low weight. 25mph crosswinds don't really faze me.

And unlike other carbon race wheels that are not as durable, I can attest that the H.3s are very tough.