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I haven't tried but I think I have seen some destickered DT rims in second-hand wheelsets for sale.

On my E1800 Spline 23 disc wheels they seem to be laser etched, decals were unimpressed by acetone.

DT rims = removable

DT wheels = non-removable

All my DT Swiss rims have had stickers that could be removed. I've not bothered though.

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/RIPATL28/pacenti-tl28-rim

these are a good deal if you can live with 28H

I'm thinking of getting a dynamo 650B front wheel so I'm interested in this too.

Kinlin are wider and lighter. I've got WTB KOM i23 at the moment.

WTB KOM:
27.5" 23mm 420g 32 562 23-584
27.5" 25mm 438g 32 564 25-584
27.5" 29mm 465g 32 564 29-584

Kinlin:
Weight 425g
Drilling 28H, 32H
Colour Black
Internal Width 23.5 mm
Width 28mm
Depth 22.5mm

DT:
Outer width: 26mm
Inner Width: 22mm
Height: 23mm
Max spoke tension: 1200 N
Weight: 495 grams

If I'm going to run 40-50mm tyres - how wide can I go on the rim?

Not worth the effort when you need new rims every week

Hey, I'm not that bad! If people stopped driving their cars and scooters into me my stuff would last a lot longer!

Thanks for the info guys; looks like DT Swiss is back on the table.

Hope Pro4 hubs, sapim spokes, DT Swiss rims.

Finally had time to ride it a fair bit. Happy with everything about it.

Most importantly makes me smile when I ride it

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Niceee! What Nitto stem is that?

Thanks!

It's an 80mm Nitto UI-25 BX got when they were cheap at PX.

Curious about the mounting bracket for the rear light. Is that something you made yourself?

Old atacs for that 'something something float'

:-p

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Something @Hulsroy made for himself in fact

Yes.

@dme it is a light mount I made from OD10mm steel tube and two bottle cage bosses. Very easy to make.

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hahahaha

Thanks. Beyond my metalwork skills (which don't exist), but perhaps I could 3d print something similar...

For sure. I would recommend SLS printing if you have access to that and the nylocks to fasten the light in stead of printing threads

If you have a soldering iron you can also press in threaded inserts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UF4tv3Hvc

are there any front / pizza racks you can fit on a stock arkose D3?

+1 for this, works great

In related news, I’m half way done with a front dynamo light mount since my fork doesn’t have a hole in the crown but does have cage bosses

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Brace it with the second hole?

Alright Arkose frameset ordered, size Large, will run a tiny stem and see how it goes. This means I have quite a bit of budget for wheelset and groupset, meaning I'll have some decent parts to transfer to a new frame later down the line if needed.

If the frameset is okay size wise, will get it painted.

Wheelset = Hope pro4, Dt Swiss
Groupset = Probably GRX 600
Finishing kit = Either Nitto or Thomson, probably sacrilege to put anything fancier (Paul) on