Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

2018 and newer aksiums are 17mm internal so pretty sure that's already wider than your old set no?

Contacted Hope, they were surprised but as assuring as you’d wish.
They have a 2 year warranty and advised to contact the retailer.
Hopefully a swift resolution follows!

Some tubed tyres eg Conti Grand Prix are a very tight fit on XR31T IME and would be no fun at all to fix at the roadside. No experience with Aksiums.

Superstar Components had really good value builds using the XR31T rim, branded as arc 31, but they don't seem to do them any more.
They have the Arc Ultra, which I imagine is the XR26T rim.

I have one of their wheelsets based on the XR31T rim on cx-rays, and its lovely.

Agree, have a front on 16H DA hub with CX-Rays, is very nice

I think they are the 2016 range. I bought them in late 2016 but they were second hand. I will have to check the rim width to be sure.

I use 28c Conti GP4 Seasons.

It looks like Mavic introduced the wider rim in 2016. Which is when I bought my Aksiums (second hand) so they could already be the 17mm ones. I will have to check.

What are alternatives to TB14? Looking for low profile box section rim for rim brakes.

Use tubeless tape to solve the problem. Tubeless rim need tubeless tape.

Ryde Edge r13 is one, tyre fitting is a bit tight but it's a good rim and well priced. It tubeless compatible and I would say given tyre fitting its tubeless only. Not many others though. The silver Kinlin are not available but that's not box section.

Rides fixed hub any good?
Maybe thinking of this in 24 or 28 paired up to shallow carbon tubular rim.

Assuming there isn't a groad wheel advice thread, can I have some advice on choosing between the options below. Unfortunately I'm limited to these due to a C2W voucher issue. Use is for gravel, winter road and maybe some off road touring next summer.

1. Spesh Rival SCS
   
2. Mavic Allround
   
3. DT Swiss PRC 1400
   
   

Think the max size I can run are 38's or maybe 40's with guards.

And what rims should I be looking at for a winter road bike / commuter? I've had Archetypes for the last few years, thinking of trying something different. Also my TRP brakes (which are very good) seem to be eating them, but perhaps that's the trade off for a very effective pair of stoppers. These would be:

1. Rim brake
   
2. Black
   
3. 24h front / 28h rear
   

Kinlin XR22T (approx. £35 each) or XC279 or XR31T, or rebranded versions are all pretty good.
Maybe a change to a softer compound to be kinder on the rims (but wear the bads faster)?

XR22T look decent, thanks for the tip!

Do you clean the alu pieces out of your pads often enough?
SwissStop used to do a alu pad that was designed softer to protect expensive wheels.

Probably not often enough tbh

Move to a dry country. All these problems go away :)

Hunt race aero wide; they're Kinlin XR31T right?

Would it be more cost efficient to buy a set of the Hunt wheels pre-built, or to buy just the rims (or kinlin equivalent if the above is correct) and have them built onto some DT Swiss 350s hubs I have?

I've looked at these before, ended up not rebuilding though so no experience myself.

Anyone know where I can get HED Belgium Plus rims? 32h, disc brake, UK seller pref.

Prob should be in wheelbuilding. Doh.

Yes, they're XR31Ts. If you have the hubs already, getting some rims and getting them rebuilt onto the hubs will be cheaper, albeit only marginally so if you need new spokes.

Did the same couple weeks ago, XR31T rims, 24/28 nds laser/ds race spokes, old 240s hubs. Total build cost around €230 for the set including tubeless tape, cores,... I think they where around 1600gr for the set.

Builder did order black spokes instead of silver but can't be arsed to rebuild.

Token wheels? Any opinions?
Reviews seem quite favourable.
I’m considering the 36mm carbon disc ones...

They're pretty decent, good bearings. Don't pay anywhere near rrp though.