Literally!

But seriously, did you mean wide or strong or something else?

Standard road bike size, 2400+ grams including tape & skewers, about 2 lb more than the lites

Incidentally, since I had the scale out, a SRAM PG-830 11-32 weighs 275g

Packed in a wheelset box. Greeted by enamel black rims and red tape, a nice effect. But it had me seeming to see red trim elsewhere which was an illusion, it's all black.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8593/...9879a821_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

The set, out of the box
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/...5cbc0318_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

Real hub, 11 speed and included spacer for 8/9/10
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8683/...4c080c1a_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

Front hub
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8612/...f61530b8_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

Skewers
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8585/...e69074b0_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

Pinned rim joint
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8643/...7deab5de_c.jpgVuelta corsa hd wheels by Darth Lefty, on Flickr

Looks a lot like my Lites but with more, non-aero spokes. I love the new versions of the Vuelta graphics. Mine are pretty loud, but luckily they work well with my bike's color scheme.

Are the hubs loud? Mine are way louder than my original Mavic CXP22's with Felt-logo hubs.

Are yours perfectly true out of the box like my Lites were?

Hub seems draggy, like heavy grease. Doesn't seem particularly loud. They seem as true as they can be to the naked eye, I don't have a stand or a dial indicator. I just tried a tire on it, and it turns out the Bell tubes from Wal-Mart have stems that are not long enough for the wheel. Oopie oopie, off to the bike store tomorrow!

I wasn't entirely right about the all-black, there is some red left in the decal. Between this and the red frame I intend these for, I'm now looking for red stripe tires too, or yellow to match the decals. The tires I had on hand are tan wall 32's and look silly between the frame and the wheels. But there's so much clearance on this bike, all the color-stripe tires are 23's and would look lost in the frame. Guess we are going for the tinted-windows look.

So I still haven't ridden these but I did have them installed on the frame I plan to use them with. However, I needed the cassette off the rear. I found the rear skewer bent at the threads. Not sure how it could have happened. Worrying, but also, I bent it back easily enough, which says the steel is some pretty buttery stuff.