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If the aluminium brake track is to stay grey long term, the only option will be some genuine ceramic coated rim (probably from Mavic) that probably is no longer manufactured and won't be available in a width of 23mm.
The grey coating on the rims you mention is just anodising. Grey 'hard' anodising on the rims mentioned may resist colour fading better than black or other coloured anodising, but will still eventually turn silver with use.
Lukas
@mattyc
Hello all... some advice and some help needed!
I'm building a wheelset for a neo-retro project that will also be shared across my other bikes as and when required. I've got some 32h Hope Mono RS (possibly the ones @amey was planning to build with, cheers again) and I want to lace them up to some grey rims and then hand them into my lbs to finish off... I need some rim and spoke advice...
Rims - H+Son Archetype/TB14 in grey or Rigida/Ryde Grizzly CSS or something else wide and carbide/ceramic coated - any recommendations? I'd really like the brake track to stay grey/black... or if this is not possible then I may opt for some 23mm wide silver rims... again, any recommendations?
Spokes - I don't know - I assume DT Comp or Sapim Race as recommended by mdcctester? wheels will be laced 3 cross front and rear
Lastly, can anyone point me in the direction of a trusted online spoke length calculator?
Thanks in advance,
Matt