Originally Posted by
AnkleWork
Sorry, no time for a game of twenty questions just now but whether or not there even exists a wheel "upgrade" for you/your bike depends on several factors including:
your weight
your fitness
your riding style
your riding purposes
your bike
your bike's wheels
how fast you ride
how far you ride
the surfaces over which you ride
the terrain over which you ride
and some other things
HTH
^^^^
That.
My take is that manufactures will skimp on wheels and tires to bring a bike under a specific price point. Some do it knowing that buyers of that particular price point/model will change tires and wheels first.
Even with that you get half the people who will SWEAR BY by and the other half that SWEAR AT any particular wheel or tire.