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So as it stands I'm just waiting for my confirmed offer on the Pickenflick to go through. It should be fine geo wise, the shorter tt shouldn't be a problem as I don't get on with being too stretched out. I'm a bit concerned though that I'll need a load of steerer spacers to get a comfortably high touring position. I won't be using rear panniers so the chainstay length should be ok and these plus some Macgyver shit should fix the rear mudguard sufficiently.
The next big question will be thru-axle carbon forks, no-one's mentioned the Chinese carbon ebay forks. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Good-Price-Cyclo-Cross-Bike-Carbon-Fork-Chinese-700C-Disc-Brake-Thru-Axle-1PCS-/281900760798
Along side my concerns about them being poor quality is that the seller has a 0 user rating, but they're £81 posted so... These TRP forks would probably be the alternative but they're £350.
I'll go to the bike show to see if that throws up any other ideas and I've also messaged BigxTop about luggage. I'm still thinking about trying to tour on 1x11, most of my bikes have some knackered gears and I'm also a bit of a spinner so hopefully it can work out.
This bike should see me through a few years when I'll do a proper splurge for my 40th. There should be some interesting developments in the all road market by then (or everyone will have seen through the hype and have moved on to the next thing).
Peace.