Originally Posted by
Snowsurfer
Spending a certain amount of money at reducing rotational weight will go further than spending a lot more money on upgrading other components by getting a new bike. What are you suggesting? Carbon fiber bike with a lower grade wheelset, but better derailleurs, brakes, levers? The lower grade wheelset in an upgraded bike e.g. Aksium won't be as good as putting all the chips into upgrading the wheelset to Ksyrium Elites, or am I mistaken? Rotational weight reduction goes further than overall weight reduction, isn't that so?
OP you can save weight by buying new wheels. You can also save weight by buying a new bike. Which will get you farther in this case? If you were already riding something reasonably light than new wheels would make sense. But you're not, you're on a bottom of the line Allez. Also you wanted something more aero than what you got and Ksyrium Elites certainly do not fit the bill. You need something with at least 30mm rim depth to start getting some aero benefits.
Originally Posted by
Snowsurfer
are you suggesting that i sell the current bike and put the extra into a new bike altogether?
Yep. $600 + $3-400 you can get selling your bike. That will get you close to a closeout deal on a CAAD 9-5 or something similar.