Here's another way to look at it. If you buy a better set of wheels and eventually plan to sell or upgrade your bike. You can always keep the better wheels as a spare set.

These weigh 1522 grams for $300. I've been running Vuelta's on my fixie for a while with no problems.


Also, they are free shipping right now. Like some others have said, as light as you are, you should not have any problems with durability. And, I think you will definitely see a difference in the bike especially if you do any climbing at all. A 27mm tall rim may also be a little more aero than what you have now.

Here is a link to Vuelta http://www.vueltausa.com/products/ro...corsa-lite.htm

Psimet from here on the forums also builds nice wheels from everything I've read, Williams Wheel Systems is another but tend to run a little north of $400 now.