I love my Santic, got a couple of bib shorts, a pair of 3/4 padded pants, a pair of baggy shorts and a packable rain jacket from them.

Spakct & Weimostar are also pretty good quality.
Pic below is a Weimostar jersey I own. PhP440 sale price is equivalent to about US$8.60-9.00 (depending on exchange rate). I got it from Lazada, like Ali-Express but handled by a local firm.

Just be aware Chinese clothing usually runs small, so go one or two sizes bigger.

I'd recommend clearance for tire widths to be a few mm wider than your intended tire size. Gives you some room to mount at least fenders plus better mud clearance... even if you don't need them.

Rims, 20-21mm inner is sufficient. I have 2.25 slapped on my DT Swiss XR331 (i20) with no problems.

For my Waltly gravel bike, I had them put racks & fender mounts as I see myself doing some bikepacking. You might consider it if you want.

If you're gonna be on paved road most of the time, perhaps a rigid carbon fork might be more useful. With weight saving bonus.

I just upgraded my DT Swiss 350 boost hub's 18T rachets with ZTTO 54T rachets. The ZTTO's cost me around US$32.60, comes with a pair of 54T rachets & a pair of springs. No special grease. I bought it from Lazada, it's our local equivalent of Ali-Express. Actually a lot of Ali-Express vendors are also there.

For about a third of the DT Swiss upgrade kit... well, we'll know if it's worth it a few months from now. Pics below of weight & some comparisons. Vendor's weight was pegged at 16.5 grams for rachets & springs. My scale showed 18 grams. DT Swiss 18T rachets & springs from my hubs we're 27 grams. 9 grams difference. For pics 4 & 5, I placed the 54T on top of the 18T to see if the 'grooves' aligns. Not perfect but they went in the hubs just fine. The upgrade was quite easy.

I wanted to put a video comparing the sound/noise of 18T & 54T but my cellphone's had problems picking up the sound.

Will update after a hundred kilometers. Oops, I mean after a thousand kilometers.

I used one of those $1.00 plastic chainstay protector on one bike. On another bike, I use the 3M Anti-Slip bathroom tape. Also used the same tape as my down tube protector.

I don't necessarily find the 'plated' chainstay to be unsightly or 'learn to loved', maybe it needs getting used to. If you want, why not have your name or some art etched into it to make it unique.

@Jotegr, we tried but it didn't work out, so I went with this instead.
http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,2937.0.html

I also recently saw that China Cycling video about the Canyon Grail Waltly built. As for your concern, aesthetically, it would depend on the chainring you use. Some CR would pretty much cover that plate and render moot whatever look it would pose. As for is it worth it, how important is speed to you?

I browsed some of their products and realized they are also Tito Titanium. I have ordered a flat & riser bars from them but the items have yet to arrive. So I can't comment on it yet.

http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,2973.0.html