Originally Posted by
Looigi
Interesting. In my experience, the wheels make very little difference whereas the frame has a very large effect on handling and ride.
Might depend on what you're riding.
There's a selection of wheelsets offered against Argon 18 builds. Some of them are a few hundred dollars - some are a few thousand dollars. The average consumer may not fully use a 2 or 3 thousand dollar wheelset - but most can feel the difference between a $50 machine built wheel with a single wall rim and steel hub; and a wheelset that has been built with reasonable components.
The lack of performance in wheelsets shows up most commonly in broken axles and spokes. Broken frames are pretty rare in my experience.