TurboVette wrote:
You realize specialized licenses the shape of their wheels from HED right? Not cutting down specialized, but if you’re licensing the shape and paying a bit more, might as well go with the less expensive almost same wheels of HED.
Whether they license the qualitative shape or not (I have no idea), the outer width of HED wheels is 25mm and Roval is 27.5. That alone is a significant consideration. It also shows that the shape is not exactly the same. Depths are obviously also different given that HED does not make a 64mm deep wheel, as are spokes, spoke count, hubs..... the roval white paper said hub shape was a significant factor in their performance.
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Ed O'Malley
www.VeloVetta.com
Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
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