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HED Wheels with Surly Hubs
Custom HED Wheels on Surly Hubs
Pick a HED rim we carry, put it on a Surly hub, and we lace and true the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop.
Why build HED rims on Surly hubs:
- Made by specialists: HED rims with carbon made in house in Minnesota, where HED built its first carbon wheel in 1984
- Proven: HED helped make wind tunnel testing with the tire mounted an industry standard; Surly knurls the hardware so the wheel won't slip under load
- Built to last: Surly sells axle kits, so worn internals renew with the hub still laced
- Laced and trued by hand, one wheel at a time, in our Georgia shop
- In depth below: Belgium R road
Build your custom HED wheel on Surly hubs for:
Or start from the Surly hub you want:
Or pick one of the 1 ready-made pairs below: each opens our custom wheel builder with the HED rim and Surly hub already chosen.
Road in depth
HED Belgium R wheels on Surly Ultra New hubs
Our road pick from the HED and Surly parts we build with. The HED Belgium R is a hooked aluminum rim, 21mm inside, 24.5mm deep, about 458 grams in 700c, sized for about 28 to 38mm tires. We lace it to Surly Ultra New hubs in 32 hole.
- Tuned for crosswinds, not just headwinds. HED says it shapes rims for stable handling across the wind angles riders really see. On the Vanquish line, it reports stable crosswind behavior across more than 70 percent of typical cycling yaw angles.
- A hollow axle with two ways to mount. Ultra New hubs come with thread-in fixing bolts that tighten with a 6mm hex wrench. Take the bolts out, slide in a quick release skewer, and the same hub is QR, with no conversion kit needed.
Start building this pair:
Track / Road Single Geared
HED rims on Surly hubs for track and single-speed road bikes
Each card opens our custom wheel builder with the rims and hubs for a wheelset already picked, on the Surly hub our customers choose most with that rim. The builder offers every Surly hub that fits, and you choose the colors, spokes and the rest.
More about HED and Surly wheels
Why the pairing, specs and FAQ
Custom hand built HED wheels on Surly hubs
Every pair on this page is in our builder today, with a rim and hub that fit each other. We lace each wheel by hand in our Georgia shop: tensioned evenly, trued flat and round, and stress-relieved before it ships. Spoke lengths are calculated from the measured dimensions of your exact rim and hub.
What HED rims and Surly hubs each bring
- Early on rim width. HED counts itself among the early makers of wide rims, aimed at lower rolling resistance. HED says a wider inside width spreads the tire into a better supported shape, so you can drop pressure without the tire folding under load.
- Shaped with the tire in place. HED says it helped make wind tunnel testing with a mounted tire an industry standard. Testing that way treats the tire and rim as one shape, because that is what the air actually meets.
- Tuned for crosswinds, not just headwinds. HED says it shapes rims for stable handling across the wind angles riders really see. On the Vanquish line, it reports stable crosswind behavior across more than 70 percent of typical cycling yaw angles.
- A hollow axle with two ways to mount. Ultra New hubs come with thread-in fixing bolts that tighten with a 6mm hex wrench. Take the bolts out, slide in a quick release skewer, and the same hub is QR, with no conversion kit needed.
- Knurled hardware that grips the frame. The stainless bolt caps and cone nuts are heavily knurled for bite, which Surly says reduces the chance of the wheel slipping in the frame under high load. That matters on a fixed or single-speed bike, where the axle sits in a horizontal dropout.
- Steel where it carries the load. The axle is CroMoly steel and the fixing bolts are 10.9 stainless, chosen by Surly for strength and corrosion resistance. The cones and dust caps interlock, which Surly says keeps the axle stiff.
HED and Surly custom wheel questions
Which Surly hub fits my HED rim?
The cards on this page start on the Surly hub our customers build with each rim most often (Surly Ultra New). The builder lists every Surly hub that fits your rim, in the drillings and brake types that match.
Do you build HED rims on other hubs?
Yes. See our HED custom wheel page for every hub that fits each HED rim, or our Surly custom wheel page for every rim on a Surly hub.
Can you build with a Surly hub or HED rim I already own?
Yes. Choose the supply-your-own option in the configurator, ship it to us, and we will lace it into a new wheel with new spokes cut to the right length. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.
How long will my wheel take?
Build time comes down to parts availability rather than bench time. Your estimated ship date is shown in the configurator before you check out, so you know the date before you pay.
Not sure what to pick? Email info@prowheelbuilder.com (fastest) or leave a voicemail on 470-253-0929. You will be talking to the people who build the wheels.
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