Depending on price and weight these will certainly be my next set of gravel wheels. Have been eyeballing the Nextie SGV, but have been not ordered since i emailed Peter about these a while ago, so i did know they were on track for this season. Hopefully they will match Nextie weight wise, and as usually have great price like xmcarbonspeed usually does.
I would say there is no problem at all with damaged sidewalls if you go >45mm width, and these are also hooked compared to 303 XPLR. I think smaller width will also work fine - but tire manufacturers have to design the tires for these kind of rims for that. (Smaller tire casing width lay flat, but wider contact patch - if 40mm should measure 40mm that is) I would even think it may introduce lighter tires for same width because of that.