I am in the process of buying a new bike, and it comes with K Elites. The thing is a road a bike with the Easton Circuits and I really liked them. This will be more of my training/crit wheel, since I have a light weight set from oddsandendos that I use for road races etc. Any feelings on the Circuits compared to the K elites? Is there anything else in that range that would be comparable?

I just bought some Circuits a few months back..........love them but can't compare to K's.....I bought campy Scrioco (spell) at the same time. I can say the Circuits seem to ride smother and somehow stiffer and feel lighter............the wheels weight about the same so I cant explain but this is how it feels. The Campy wheels flex a bit while climbing. The circuits just seem to track nicer...........maybe not a fair comparison as they both have different rubber mounted.

Campy = Hutchinson TDF......they suck IMO....no problems, just ride rough
Circuits = Top of line Vitoria's.......cannot say how much I love these tires....they are so dam smooth and fast at the same time.

ps, I'm 6'7 and 250 lbs and both have held up well so far..............we'll see.

It's really easy to put together a wheel set with standard parts that is 100 gm lighter than the Elites, much cheaper, easier to maintain, and just as high quality. Consider your hubs of choice (Campy or Shimano), DT 15/16, Revolutions, or Sapim X-Ray spokes, and Velocity Aerohead/Aerohead OC rims. Put together by a skilled builder, you'll have an excellent wheel set.

I am in the process of buying a new bike, and it comes with K Elites. The thing is a road a bike with the Easton Circuits and I really liked them. This will be more of my training/crit wheel, since I have a light weight set from oddsandendos that I use for road races etc. Any feelings on the Circuits compared to the K elites? Is there anything else in that range that would be comparable?

Since it comes with the K's already, and they'll be your training wheels (you don't like light wheels for crits?), I'd just go ahead and run 'em. They won't cost you any extra, and they are, at least according to Mavic, the strongest wheels they make. Much maligned by the wire wheel set for being heavy (a tad, but I doubt 99 out of a hundred riders could tell) and expensive (yeah), they're still pretty good wheels, very durable, and unless they can be swapped out for something else, why buy a third wheelset?