Apologies if I’m misinformed. Every time I’ve looked at Hed wheels I’m interested in, such as a rear disc, the max pressure recommendation of 70 psi is disqualifying for me. Assumed they were hookless, but I guess hooked or hookless doesn’t matter ultimately.
Thanks for adding that clarification. As I referred to above, there’s been a lot of discussion on this point through all of last year in the 2025 thread, and it would be fantastic to understand the rationale behind the comparatively (to other hooked rim) pressures that you (HED) state.
There are many that aren’t worried at all, possibly as they are on the lighter side and so unlikely to be running close to or over 75psi. But for those that are taller and heavier then we’re left with a choice of knowingly running the tyres/wheels at a pressure that is over the manufacturer recommendations, or buying from another brand.
In my case I was really keen on the HED wheels - I’d lusted after them for over 20 years, but for me then I would have been too worried riding them so had to go elsewhere.
For hookless then I can understand the logic in the lower pressure limits, the tyre needs to stay on and there’s an obvious mechanism for that failure if over inflated (albeit with some great work by @E_DUB to show there is some margin in that). But if it’s hooked then it’s not making a lot of sense - which for me meant I had no way of making an informed purchasing decision.
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HED = conservative for your safety yes. Also why they never had real carbon brake surface on a clincher.
Welcome back, Andy - we missed you here!
@Duncan74 I run all my HED wheels (Jet black / Vanquish / Vanquish Disc) at 80/82 PSI for years now. Never had a single issue. Even inflate them to 90+ to seat stubborn tires. They are solid!
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I too was super skeptical coming from 100 psi but now after 2 years of 60 psi on HED vanquish, I can confidently say it works great. Race results and speed is every bit as fast as they ever were and the ride on lower psi and wider 28s is SO much better. No more bone shaking chattering.
And much easier and less anxiety to inflate! No downside in my book.
Although has anyone else had any wheel fail due to pressures of 110psi? I’m not aware of any, which then does beg the question of why HED aren’t as confident in their wheels as everyone else? I’m not bagging HED, as I said I’ve never had any. Just very interested in understanding. And @DavidNeu - I remember you saying that I think in the 2025 thread. And that’s great, fine. But I have no idea what HED are trying to protect to understand the risk.
I have a HED Jet 9+ wheelset that came with my Andean. I’ve been riding on 90 PSI up front and 95 PSI in the back the past two years. The first year I had my Andean, I was riding with a 95/100 pressure. This is according to my pump’s gauge. I don’t know what the max factory recommended rating is for this wheelset, but there’s no way that I will ride on less pressure with my weight (225-235 lbs) and the average road conditions here or risk a dented rim. I’m in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Nonsense.
Is that so? 
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Caden make a nice looking wider disc wheel.
Thanks but no thanks. I’m 205 at my fighting weight and run 24-26 mm tires. 80 psi at the absolute minimum for a rough road, around 90 is ideal for most conditions. The Hed tire pressure recommendation is completely disqualifying to me and to many others I suspect.
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Are you using 28mm or wider? The wider tire widths allow more air volume without bottoming out. No way vanquish wheels can’t support a 200 pound rider. I suspect your judging based on older narrower wheel tech.
Did you bother to read the post you are responding to?
The original poster was asking for advice. I am not. I am very happy with the wheels, tires, and tech Im using, and I’m VERY educated on bike tech in general, including tire pressures. I was on this thread to help the OP with their wheel choice, not to take unsolicited bad advice from people who know less than I do.
Yeah I did.
You still haven’t answered my question either. I again seriously doubt HED modern wheels are unbridle at 205 lbs when they recommend 60 psi with no disclaimer about such rider weight. It sounds a lot more to me like you’re just assuming that based on your knowledge of older wheel tech.
If you only still ride 24-26 then yeah you are not correct regarding modern wheel tech especially with the wider HEDs and most other modern wheels that run 28mm tires and lower psi.
I ride some of the fastest wheels made, wheels that are performance optimized for 24-26 mm tires on a bike that was designed for those rim and tire widths. Even I did go to 28 mm at my weight, it would only push the recommended tire pressure for optimal speed/performance down to the mid 80s for standard roads. These are tire pressures based on science and actual real world testing, by a very trusted source worldwide at the very highest levels in cycling, by the way.
Bottoming out? Even the fact that you are bringing that up is ridiculous. I wouldn’t be worried about bottoming out at 70 psi - you are thinking only about safety apparently. The original poster, myself, and many other people are concerned about speed when we are thinking about the optimal disc wheel. Not safety.
I will not ever consider Hed wheels as long as they keep their super low max pressure recommendations. The original poster wants to run at least 75 psi so I wouldn’t recommend Hed wheels to him. That’s all I wanted to say in this thread. Again, I did not ask for nor am I interested in your unsolicited bad advice.
Ok, so you actually have never tried modern wheels like HEDs 28s, only wheels optimized for 24-26mm which are older-gen.
You’re almost certainly wrong here. HED would go out of business if people were handling poorly with 60psi at 205 lbs, as many middle-aged men buying HED wheels weigh more than this.
OP is likely like you - based on older wheel tech, he THINKS he needs 60+psi, but his fears are not applicable with newer wheel tech.
I think you actually need to update your vaunted bike knowledge, and be a bit more hesitant in proclaiming how correct you are in contradiction to all the people who actually USE the modern stuff we’re talking about like myself, and at the manufacturer specs.
(Modern HEDs also can run higher psi, like 80+, if you really want to, no problem per most users.)
The HED chart recommends psi 45-70psi for riders up to 240 lbs @ 28mm. I’m lighter at 170lbs but I’ve actually run probably <30psi after a flat to get back home and it rode completely fine (I started slow but got back up to speed as I rode more on it and got more confident.)
Sounds silly 
LOL… What’s with the attitude? We are all (ok, most of us anyway) here to help each other, not to bash on each other. Triathlon is our passion, and keeping it in a good manner on this forum should be easy enough. Still you come out swinging, because someone gives an advice (probably out of own experience) that you don’t like or agree with!?! At least you got even more educated now, that HED wheels are NOT hookless, as you wrongly stated as a fact in one of your earlier answers.
Have a nice day.
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