HED Bastogne C2 Wheelset

HED Bastogne C2 Wheelset:
What makes the HED Jet wheels ride so buttery smooth? Its the 23mm wide and lightweight Bastogne rim they use. It just makes sense HED would turn their attention to make classic road wheels. When obsessing over design, and with the modern miracle of CAD, the C2 rim was born and it was only 430g. Finally a rim has caught up to the advances that clincher tires have made in the past 2 decades!

But what makes 23mm better than the ubiquitous 19mm rim? Width. Picture a standard 23mm tire on the C2 rim. Tire and rim width are the same, the sidewalls are fairly straight, and the width of the rim spreads the tread contact patch out. With straighter sidewalls, and more rubber on the road, cornering is an entirely new experience. The sidewalls don’t flop over in a hard corner, and more rubber on the road is better. HED C2s should be run with lower pressure, since there is more air volume in the wider tire profile. The same tire on a 19mm rim looks more like the profile of a light bulb. The curved sidewalls flop over under hard cornering, there is less rubber on the road, and more air pressure is needed to prevent pinch flats. In addition the performance benefits of the wider clincher rim it also has 20% lower rolling resistance.

Specifications:

Sonic hubset

Black bladed stainless spokes

Alloy C2 rims, 24mm rim depth

1451g

Available in:

Shimano (SH) or Campy (CA)

Shipping Weight: 30 lbs. dimensional