My fiancee uses a 650c H3 rear and older Hed Jet front, both clincher. After changing the tires a couple of times I am certain that the front Hed Jet rim is a touch too big. I have tried 3 different brands of tires on the rim (Vredestein, Michelin, and Vittoria) and all go on and off only with a great deal of force and generally the use of my super long steel Park Tire levers. The same tires go on and off the H3 without any problems. (On their site HED even says not to use Vittoria Corsas and Vredestein because they are too loose).
She is racing IM Wisconsin this fall and is rightly worried about having to do a tire change with this rim. I've snapped two plastic tire levers on it already.
We are looking for a replacement wheel and find it hard to beat the HED Jet, J2, Jet 2000 wheels for price point and overall construction. My contention is that this particular wheel or batch of wheels may have been a little out of spec on the large side. She is worried that another wheel from the same series will have the same problem. So has anyone else experienced problems with these HED wheels? The 650c in particular?
Thanks
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She is racing IM Wisconsin this fall and is rightly worried about having to do a tire change with this rim. I've snapped two plastic tire levers on it already.
We are looking for a replacement wheel and find it hard to beat the HED Jet, J2, Jet 2000 wheels for price point and overall construction. My contention is that this particular wheel or batch of wheels may have been a little out of spec on the large side. She is worried that another wheel from the same series will have the same problem. So has anyone else experienced problems with these HED wheels? The 650c in particular?
Thanks
sweet