Cos I had the time, I thought I'd compare the wheel (without cassette or tyre) weights of my XC wheels and my road bike wheels and the road bike ones came up heavier by 50g for the rear wheel. Now the XC wheels are Mavic 717 on Hope XC, so top of the range pretty much, whereas the road wheels are Specialized hubs on Mavic Open Pro for a Specialized Allez Elite, which is mid-range, so maybe this shouldn't be a suprise, but I was expecting my road wheels to be lighter.
A bit geeky I know, but are the wheel weights for a given quality of bike the same MTB vs road or would road normally be lighter?