Originally Posted by
cyclezen
HED Bastogne & Kermesse and also the 1st gen Ardennes - but that was just a hair pricey for me, at that time...
The Kermesse was the mid weight and the 1st gen Bastogne was for Clydes or rough, heavy, Belgian Block type riding.
Think they were introduced mid-00s ??? there abouts...
Ride On
Yuri
EDIT: Still riding my Kermesse from '09 - daily rider. a solid wheelset, which rolls like the day I bought them... Broke one spoke back about 8 yrs ago, when a stick kicked up into the rear wheel, on a group ride... was a butt clincher moment, but all survived, and I rode the wheel 5 miles home..
Best Wheel money I've spent, that and the 2 pr of Ardennes I bought since.
Hmm…I thought those were 23mm external, 17mm internal. I remember Ardennes was kinda famous for being wide at 17mm, and I recall Ardeness+, intro’d in ‘13, was only 20.6mm. I don’t recall anything about Bastogne or Kermesse besides the name, but I’d double-check the stats, because I doubt they were 21mm internal in ‘09, based on my recollections of the period.