I wouldn’t have an issue personally with them being copies. He’s a reputable wheel builder with a great reputation and wouldn’t build up a wheel if rims were inferior. I doubt they’re any worse than cheap carbon rims like Hunt and Prime etc.
Hed alloy brake wheels on sigma sport. You can get a 6/9+ set or a 6/6 set for £1.4k. Solid, fast, versatile, not-too-heavy wheels with good alloy braking for UK roads. If you’re only running butyl tubes then you can get tubes with long valves which will fit the 6/6. If latex then you’ll need extenders whether you go for the 6/6 or the 6/9+.
@stenard The V2 foam is now in and they’re posting me a set this week. This one is velcro backed so removable to get to the bolts underneath. It may be worth emailing them to see if they’ll send you some.
So I finally got round to dropping the stem underneath the spacers and on first look it’s a big improvement in body position. Will try get a photo/video later to compare it to before. If I’m going to keep it like this then I’ll need to;
Sort out the steerer - how easy is it to do or is it a LBS job?
Figure out where the junction box can go
Get a stem and decide if I need this one 120mm or a slightly longer one 130mm - this one is borrowed off a clubmate. Are there reasonably priced stems which can hide the junction box? Do aero stems make much of a difference over normal ones?