Originally Posted by kimconyc

While we're on the frivolous spending feedback loop of death, might as well go with:
because you know someone will have these and the Edge wheels do not say "Lightweight". Trust me, there are actually several people who ride the LW up to the Runcible Spoon in Nyack.

The sad thing is that neither the LW nor the Edge wheels you listed come with ceramic bearings, just a standard DT Swiss 240s rear hub, not that there's anything wrong with that. At least the LW are actually light weight.