Giant Defy 2 wheel weight

Nairnster
Nairnster Posts: 602
edited August 2011 in Road buying advice
Just read the review of the bike on this site, and in the specification it states the wheel weights:

Front 1480g
Rear 1990g

can that be right? That heavy? I presume that weight is without tyres etc?

I will have to weigh them somehow, and if the weight is true, upgrade them pretty quick!