These are all very helpful posts. Thanks.
I suppose I should really have entitled my initial post: "best well-priced XC wheelset".
So, since $500-600 is my limit, that means the top-of-the-line stuff like the I9s and CKs are out of reach for me. It is down to the Hope Pro IIs and the DT 240s. Any comments on these two options? The 240s are selling for $450 on Ebay, new. But I don't know the builder.
Btw I had wheelsets priced in Vancouver today, in various bike shops. Non-experts were trying to charge me about $800 for DT Swiss 240 wheelsets. And $1000 CAD for CKs. That's too much! Unless built by a really good builder.
Last edited by tkehler; 08-03-08 at 12:05 AM.