Originally Posted by
bikeme
I'm after the best bang for the buck
I'd take a look at some Mavic Ksyrium Equipe or Elite S on ebay. You'd be looking at $300-500, and the weights would be 1600-1500g. The Mavic Ksyriums are a very common stock wheelset on bikes in the $3-5k bikes, so they're often upgraded soon after being new. But those are an upgrade to many others.