Since I had to get rid of the silly bladed-spoke front wheel, I went a-wheel hunting yesterday and snagged a good deal on a gray-rimmed "set". Technically they're not a set--one is a 36H Shimano 600 laced to a Mavic MA40, the other a 32H Sansin laced to Matrix Titan--but they're a lot closer in appearance than what I had on this bike, plus they're traditionally spoked, which is what I wanted. I'm going to ditch the old front wheel but I'm considering keeping the rear, a modern Tiagra freehub on what seems to be a rather fancy Araya rim (RC-540). The rim has a nice polished and anodized top surface which I really dig the look of. Anyone familiar with it?

With the "new" wheels: