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Going back to this I hate the look of deep rims and fat tyres on gravel bikes. It looks like a fat bike.
For that matter in most cases I don't think 50mm rims are justified when you're cruising on 47mm tyres with mudguards, upright geometry, 3 bottles, etc. And given that it's a gravel bike, you're probably going up and down a lot of hills, so if you want carbon rims surely you're better off with super lightweight 25mm rims in 90% of cases.
I'm sure small riders are glad that deep 650b wheels exist though