Originally Posted by
WhyFi
I'm just curious to see some examples of bikes with what you believe to be poor value/quality mid-tier carbon wheels. I've seen stuff like Treks with their in-house ~$1300 msrp Aeolus wheels, bikes with Reynolds AR41 or similar, etc, and I think that, as a package, they're awesome values. Off the top of my head, I can't recall seeing any bikes with clunker carbon wheels.
I'm not sure it's a good example, but an Ultegra Domane SL6 with the $500 MSRP alloy wheelset (bike = $4100) vs Domane SL7 with Di2 Ultegra and the Aeolus Carbon wheels has an MSRP of $6500. Allowing a $1k upcharge for Di2 and $800 for the wheelset, there's another $600 unaccounted for. I think a buyer of the lower level bike could probably do better doing their own upgrades. Unless it's buried somewhere, visiting the Aeolus product page, neither the rim depth or the wheel weights are published.