I just got my new CR18s in the mail today - so excited. They look great but I did have a couple of questions for those that have swapped out their original steel rims for CR18s.

1. I assume the stickers come off without issue?
2. The CR18s are a good 10mm narrower than the original rims (on mine, stamped 26x1 3/8 Raleigh). I had understood them to be narrower but not by that much. Any issues with ride quality?
3. It looks like I will need to make new brake cables as mine has Raleigh pattern cables, probably 65 years old, and the adjusters are close to their limits. To take up 10mm of extra gap I will not be able to use the adjusters. Did anyone else find this?

I really am looking forward to much better braking and a general lack of ugly rust on the braking surfaces of my wheels, but was somewhat surprised that these are the rims most recommended for this conversion - they seem quite a bit more modern style than the originals. I suppose being the only reasonable quality game in town has something to do with it - last I checked ebay the guy in greece wanted something like $65CAD per rim (plus $67CAD shipping) for NOS.