with a budget of $300-350 - a top quality 700c wheelset with tires,tubes, and rotors is basically not going to happen
but Continental GP5000 tires on your existing 650b wheelset should wake up that Salsa big time ... maybe 650x30 ... 650x32 ...
GP5000 in those sizes might weigh around half the OEM WTB tires - and the GP5000's roll ... maybe just a handful of tires compare
Last edited by t2p; 08-02-22 at 06:23 PM.