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Why that over the TB14? I prefer the trad look anyway, but they both seem to have the same critical dimensions.
I don't quite follow your statement: do you mean that if a tire is wider than 32mm the feel or look won't be any different on any rim short of full on racers?
Impossible.

I mean that with a reasonably wide rims (at least 17mm internal), there's little difference in feel between says a 19mm internal rims with a fairly big tyres.

Archetype is stiffer and lighter.

My list at the moment includes:

DT Swiss R460
H + Son TB14
Kinlin XR31T
Pacenti SL23
Pacenti PL23

Ok, thanks Ed.
The current set up is 32mm tires on Velocity Razors which are quite narrow, with my move to 35mm I want something wider.

Pacenti rims are lovely, but the braking surface is a little thin and short lived.

TB14 is a great classic rims but hardly stiff (took me ages trying to get rid of the wobbles), a little heavy for such a tiny looking rims.

DT Swiss is almost a direct alternative to Archetype.

No ideas about the Kinlin.

Fair point, 32mm on that width is no picnic.

On paper the Kinlin look solid with a nice 19mm internal.

If given a choice of Evans and Cycle Surgery, who do I choose?
If neither then does anyone have a suggestion for a trustworthy workshop in SW7?

Brixton cycles have always been good if you can get to them.

Thanks. Difficult to get to with an unrideable bike though...

get an uber to these guys http://www.thelondoncycleworkshop.co.uk/

Where can I buy a new york yankies top tomorrow?

cheapest place to hire a van in London?

Thanks, much easier to get to. They're looking at it over the weekend.

I have often used Zipvan as you can hire by the hour.

One other tip is if you need it for longer but can use it for whatever you are doing overnight then their overnight rate is very good - you pick up at something like 6pm and drop back I think by 8am next morning.

What bike is it?

Roadrat mk2 with an Alfine hub. It looks fine, just a busted front wheel I think, but I want it checked anyway. Better safe than sorry, especially as it's not my fault.

No problem - I wouldn't take my bikes anywhere else to get work done.

Thanks - Sixt is the cheapest I can find over three days.

Does anyone know hire places that let you take vehicles abroad?

I currently have SRAM Rival 22 and I'd like to try a 1x setup.

Is this as simple as

1. removing the two existing chainrings
   
2. fitting a CX1/Rival 1 ring
   
   

Is that all? Anything need to change out back with the rear derailleur?

(Plus obviously removing FD and optionally replacing a lever with a Sram 1x - but those aren't strictly relevant to my above question).

After some research, I see SRAM recommend switching the chainring and rear derailleur.

So I guess my question is now:

Do I need to purchase a Rival 1x specific RD in order for this to work, or will my existing Rival 22 RD suffice?

You're overcomplicating things. Just remove the inner ring and FD, if you're not riding off road you don't need all that fancy stuff.

Thanks, that's pretty much exactly what I wanted to hear.

However, I'm mostly riding off road so the 50t outer ring is too much. 34-38t would be about perfect.

Sounds like I can get away with simply replacing the outer ring then?

I've been running an Absolute Black wide narrow chain ring with a regular Shimano rear mech on my cross bike without issue so far. So the clutched rear mech is a nice to have.

34-38t would be about perfect

Even better then, just bin the outer ring and use the inner which is presumably already in that size range. The inner is better as a 1×n chainring as it doesn't have lowered teeth for shifting.