Replacement parts for Hed Blackdog aerobars

The right carbon fiber “cup” that the arm pad velcroes to has apparently cracked. There is a tremendous amount of give to it. I checked everything to ensure tightness and it is definitely a cup failure.

Replacement cups from Hed are 110.00. I’d rather not go that route if they are just going to fail in a year.

Has anyone experimented with different aero bar setups on their he’d aerobars? Profile design makes a replacement kit that looks like it might work.

Any ideas/suggestions? Need a fix pronto. Doing Ironman Florida in a couple of weeks and don’t want to risk a total failure.

Just thought I’d follow up and give the guys at HED credit for being super responsive and taking care of me.

I contacted them on Saturday afternoon and had an e-mail response first thing this morning. They offered a more than fair solution to the issue.

Definitely a company that I will go out of my way to use in the future.