Originally Posted by refthimos

Re-reading this, maybe we need to give your LBS the benefit of the doubt. We don't have a lot of context for the statement. Were you there holding your $400 road bike when you asked this question? Does your bike scream out "I'm just along for a nice ride in the countryside?" i.e. huge saddle bag, mirrors on the bars, bell etc,? Are you 100 lbs overweight and just ride 20 miles on the weekend?

I truly don't mean to be elitist, and I am not assuming any of these things are true, and even if they are, there is nothing wrong with that, it's great that we're all riding bikes, whatever that means to you or me or the next guy, but giving your LBS the benefit of the doubt, maybe they just made the judgment call that for whatever reason, dropping a boatload of money on an upgraded wheelset just didn't make sense. And if that's the case, then kudos to them for not trying to sell a customer wheels that were inappropriate for his needs.