Originally Posted by
cicatrize
Vuelta Corsa SLR:
Vuelta Corsa SLR Road Wheelset
They're $279 shipped for the set, under 1500g, and they look pretty nice IMO. I'm wondering if it's worth it to upgrade my stock wheels on my Emonda ALR 5 to these. The ones I currently have just have "Bontrager TLR" on them, which aren't even listed on Bontrager's site, and I can't seem to find any specs on them, but I imagine they're a little under 2000g, given the "Race TLR" are over 1700g.
I want something lightweight that's going to improve the ride quality when I'm on some rough roads. The stock wheels aren't too great.
If you want to improve the ride quality on rough roads, you don't want these. You'll want wider (not higher profile) rims for that. That said, these may well be lighter.
I generally discourage buying prebuilt wheels on the intarwebz. I know lots of people do it and are satisfied, but IME, the tension and true are not up to snuff, especially on cheaper sets. A bike shop can fix that, but it won't be free if you don't order from them. OTOH, lots of people don't seem to mind pulsing brakes and early failures. YMMV.