Originally Posted by
Commodus
It's a nice bike. If you have $1000 (or less, really) burning a hole in your pocket, you can always go to psimet.com and get some really nice wheels.
I would do that before the frame, myself.
I agree with this line of thinking. For ~$500 there are many nice choices in alloy clinchers. That's what I'd be doing - unless your saddle sucks. Cheap saddles and wheels are the standard fare on a lot of low to mid range bikes.