Originally Posted by
bobotech
Cheap implies crap in the bike world as I have seen. A 800 dollar Cannondale is NOT a cheap crap bike. A 150 dollar Target bike is crap. A 800 Cannondale is a decent low to mid bike shop grade bike that will have good solid components that won't be the lightest or prettiest but will be worlds better than a 150 dollar Magna.
Sorry, but for a Cannondale @ $850 new, it is a cheap bike, saying very was an error, but Cannondale is a mid - high end manufacture with a few budget models and although the OP hasn't given the model name/number, going on the price, it is around the bottom of their range and will have low end wheels.
Originally Posted by
bobotech
Your definition of good is somewhat bordering on elitist.
Sorry, you think that way, but I was biasing what I wrote on the info supplied by the OP and their bike, what is a good wheel? that depends on the intended use, for just riding to the shops, all you need is one which is in true, and well built (something very lacking in a lot of budget wheels) in this case, we are talking about a road bike wheel, and the cost of a same day repair, were getting off topic here....
Originally Posted by
bobotech
Most people dont' need high end wheels that start at 800 dollars for the set or a piece.
do I own a set of high end wheels, no, but I would like to, yes, and plenty of people do, normally for specific purposes. Good road bike wheels start with wheels like Fulcrum 7, Shimano R500, these are cheap and good wheels.
Originally Posted by
bobotech
850 dollars is NOT a "very cheap bike" by any means.
As I noted above, it is cheap / low end for this brand (guess I can't win here, just because something is cheap doesn't mean it's junk, next time you are going towards the east coast, check out Aldi stores, they are cheap and good), if you were talking about a hybrid, would consider this sort of price mid to high range, it's all relative.