I'm sure that both were honest mistakes and you still did awesome - the shifters alone are worth what you paid or more. Velomax only ever made aluminum rimmed wheels (that I know of). Easton bought them out a few years ago and now makes carbon hoops. Regarding the bottle cages - I worked in a bike shop for awhile and even the shop employees would get confused. This includes my former boss who
should have known. Ah well, between the two cages you've got something like 40g more than if they were Ti...a negligible difference.
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Blind
odd, the seller told me it was a carbon wheel and the bottle holders are titanium. I guess he didn't know? Now that you mention it the brake surface on the wheel does look like alloy, just the bit that covers the nipples looks carbon.