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What standards? Let's be real for a moment: the majority of Thomson products are crap.

EDIT: ... but this is HHSB, so I suppose only aesthetics matter.

Yes, you will be able to recycle those spokes. Rim bed depth between the two rims is negligible.
I once re-rimmed a pair of broken Mavic Ellipses, and after narrowing choice to DT RR585, Kinlin XR300, or Velocity Deep V and measuring each, I went with the Kinlin because it was the lightest.

I agree with your comments on stiffness.
Evidently, the Kinlin XR22rt is a stiffer rim than the DT and there lies the problem.

@ChasnotRobert how is the wheel laced? From experience, shallow rim 28h 2 cross is asking for trouble.

I sympathise with @Julian_Stock .
As a seller, it is mildly irritating when a prospective buyer asks something like "can you wait 'til payday?", but if you choose to make an agreement, you should stick to it within a reasonable timeframe, as an honourable person.
This reads like a case of one prolific (in relative and recent terms) forum user being backed up by other prolific users, irrespective of the wrong that has been committed.

Cyclotrack hahaha

Umlaufbahn DS decals designed without chainrings in mind.
Does anyone esle look at the Standert logo and see the old (c) Boardman logo?
Now I don't know which brand is cooler.

Chainring that comes with the 'criterium' is a Zen Messenger, not a 'proper' Zen. It is solid and not machined on the rear face for weight saving so is cheaper and heavier.
On the crank, only the outer faces of the crank arms have been polished before anodising, whereas the entire crank is polished on the regular SG75. It's been bead blasted or chemically etched to give it that matte texture, which is cheaper/quicker than polishing entirely.

Will buy it if you want rid.

Not at the current rate of regression & stagnation (haven't ridden in anger since November, my commute's less than half what it was last year, and just got a car again so most of my time/money's going on that) but I do plan to later in the year :-)
IIRC our local club TTs begin around April.

What front brake is that? I have a TRP one similar but couldn't get it to work with the Oval fork without fouling the down tube. Would make sense it it's an Ova' branded brake, but would love to find something similar, that works, without going to Tririg route.

Looks great in white IMO (like a track champ but better, lol).

Just seen your comment in my email notifications and first thought was 'was it a white one?' ha... Think it's branded by a bike shop.

50% off offer on now, maybe worth a try, cheers!
Ordinarily, though, looks like it's £16.49 for 1kg only, or £29.99 for 2.5kg (£12/kg), which is more expensive per kg than Huel @£40 for 3.5kg (£11.43/kg).
Do you get greater discount for ordering from them more regularly?

TBH I was worried about turning into a 'protein shake fitness tit' when I started on Huel, but took solace from the fact it's not directly marketed as a fitness product. I fear that opening a pouch labelled 'MyProtein' would be the final nail in that particular coffin.

EDIT: I guess Huel's turned out to be more of a 'hipster cool Instagram tit' thing. You can't win!

Matte black factory powder coat on my Pursuit Champion is brilliant (resists chips, stays matte) but my partner's black (2015 IIRC) Pre Cursa chips and glosses up at the slightest knock.
Maybe the paint finish has improved since then.

Rule of thumb:
V1-3 = relaxed geo, industrial looking wishbone seatstay junction (awesome).
V4 = more roadie geo, separate curvy seatstays.

It's a V3 (my old frame) :-)

First glance I thought they were wee Shamals. Great build!

-17deg but it will look silly with such a sloping top tube.

Don't try it; it's shit.

Different frame; better tubing, different ends, maybe tapered fork/HT.
Big variation in sizes on (DB3) & more paint finishes, prob ordered in much smaller batches or as one-offs hence the price leap, or maybe fabricated or finished more locally than Far East.

Each frame above appears slightly different:

• Blue and black look like they could have a tapered HT while orange appears straight 1-1/8th.
  
• Orange fork legs also appear to differ, unless it's just bad photoshop.
  
• Blue & orange share the same track ends & stays.
  
• Black one appears to have a fatter top tube, different track ends & stays...
  
  

... But these again seem to change depending on what frame colour is selected (!?).
DB 1 (in brushed alu or bronze pics) looks like it could be a Histo type faux-pro with a reasonably short HT, which is good for fixed TT/track pursuit types (thumbs up!).

lol, credit where credit's due, maybe they're ripping my idea of having three nearly identical frames of the same type, but building each up differently :-D

Rad wheel though!

Side we're looking at in the pic (if DS) needs re-lacing with opposite heads in/out. Other side is correct.

Then that's the problem. Trailling rear spokes on the DS should be heads in regardless of which way the wheel is flipped.
The NDS should appear to be laced 'backwards' when viewed from DS so when you flip it, it's laced the correct way.
Would advise relacing so trailling spokes on DS are heads in because (due to offset, bracing angle and how they interact with leading spokes at their crossing) they can deal with more load... Unless wheel is built for skidding, in which case the way you've laced it will better deal with sudden stops from the hub.

I LOLd when reading their justification for the increase in packaging and shipping for RTD. They want people to believe they see its introduction as 'two steps forward, one step back'; the net impact of a utopia where everyone consumes Huel/RTD and no animal-based product being tempered by this huge initial increase in cost and resource consumption.
https://uk.huel.com/pages/why-does-huel-ready-to-drink-use-plastic

People aren't stupid, and we know the reason it's been introduced is to make more money. I wish they had either said nothing or admitted that from the outset rather than posting this flowery preamble to address environmental concerns.
What next? Huel is sold to Coke, utopia of Huel in every shop is realised, helped by existing distribution network, at the expense of environment, product and all brand credibility?