HED Stinger 9 Front Wheel - Flamme Rouge

HED Flamme Rouge Stinger 6 Front Wheel:
The HED Stinger Flamme Rouge wheels have everything that makes the standard HED Stingers great: superb aerodynamics and amazing crosswind handling. What sets them apart over the standard HED Stingers? The Flamme Rouge wheels have ceramic bearings, a forged titanium ratchet ring, titanium skewers, and carbon hub shells.

HED took the Stinger 9 wheel back to the wind tunnel and came out with a rim shape that not only lowers drag at all angles but also gives the rim a bigger window of aerodynamic effectiveness. During develpment of the HED Stinger 9 shape HED set out to increase lateral stiffness, cornering performance, and impact durability. This was done without affecting the impressively comfortable ride quality.

Once the shape was determined HED spent a considerable amount of time in the design of the rim. Balancing lateral stiffness, vertical compliance, impact resistance, cornering performance is quite a dance. The result of HED's efforts is that the Stinger 9 uses three different types of carbon and a unique layup that produces a wheel that is 15% stiffer laterally and 10% more impact resistant than its predecessor. Cornering is noticably improved by the use of HED's wider C2 tire well. The C2 tire well provides more support for the tire when cornering or accelerating out of the saddle.

Specifications:

90mm rim depth

Wider, C2 tire well

Silver bladed spokes

Sonic carbon hubs

Ceramic bearings

Titanium skewers

696g, tubular only.

Shipping Weight: 30 lbs. dimensional