Reeds in aftermakted reedcages are 0.25mm if nothings specified.
If i where you i get a set of Malossi reeds mate, than you get 0.30, 0.35, and 0.40mm, handy if you want to upgrade to a 70cc kit later on.
http://www.easyparts.nl/showarticles...40_Val.Or.html
And no thicker reeds dont mean higher top speed mate, it depents on rpm and crankcase presure what thickness you need, thats why you can estimate a bit what you would need.
Polini 2 pistonring 50mm (76cc) kit is not unreliable, its a ok kit just like with any other other aluminium performance kit make really sure you got the mixture right, run aditional oil trough the feul, and only use premium feuls and oils, and make sure you got the right sparkplug for the kit! i would use a NGK10EGV with that.