HED bike?

Matt_Berner · December 22, 2003, 2:39pm

Is it ready yet? anyone own it?

Robert_Preston · December 22, 2003, 3:03pm

I was on the Bicyclesports forum this morning, and somebody mentioned that they had just gotten theirs in. Don’t think they had built it up, though. Said it sports a 74.5 seat angle. Reckon why they did that? I would have thought it would have a steeper angle. Anybody out there know if has a flippable seat post (or something like that) that allows for a steeper position?

RP

jasonogk · December 22, 2003, 3:42pm

R&A Cycles has them in stock
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flytri · December 22, 2003, 7:09pm

The HED bike looks pretty cool…

     http://timetrial.org/pdf/HED2004.pdf

I will stick to my 04 P3, I like the HED aero bars and wheels, however like the P# better…

andy_tetmeyer · December 22, 2003, 7:48pm

In regards to the seat angle, yes it is a little over 74 degrees. We designed it that way for a couple of reasons.
For one, there are a lot of nice frames around with a steep seat angle, but there are not many TT frames with traditional road geometry. We wanted to make a frame that would fill what we see as a hole in the TT frame market. It is not that we think traditional geometry is correct for everyone, but it iscorrect for some riders. For the people (like me) who are roadies and dabble in triathlon, this is the frame I want.
Second, the frame was designed with the UK in mind, time trials seem to be a bigger deal over there and traditional geometry will sell well there.
In general we wanted to build a really nice Wednesday night TT frame, not necessarily the end all triathlon frame. -Andy

jsd · December 22, 2003, 9:50pm

Matt

I asked Steve Hed about his bike at the Speed Forum in St. Louis 3 weeks ago. He said the bike was designed for time trials. Apparently there is a large marked in the UK for TT bikes and he went after the market. He said it’s not intended for triathlons. Hope this helps.

Jeff

Tom_Demerly · December 23, 2003, 12:14am

We just bought two. One is on back order and the other is going to be here in about a week. I’m looking forward to it.

c_hunt · December 23, 2003, 12:29am

Yes, I own one, and am the person referred to at the Bicycle Sports forum. One comment about the slack seat angle…I bought a large frame, and something I have noticed in frames of similar size is that they tend to have a less steep angle than smaller frames of the same make/design(not true to all, but most). So, this “slack” angle has less effect on my choice of frame. I can always move the seat forward on its rails and overcome some degree of this it I choose.

This is a sweet frame, and I am very impressed with it. Way to go Hed.