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So after many tantrums I decided to transfer everything over to a CAAD9 frame, which is now my road bike. Unfortunately this bike just wasn't working out with gears, was having too many issues with wheel slip, QR, tyre clearance, mad toe overlap.. Which is a real shame because it looked great and when I didn't have issues it rode really nicely.
I've been having a think about what is next in the life of Brian. I thought about SS'ing it, but the frame is very limiting with clearance for 23c only which rules out taking it off-road. I could turn it into a wet weather commuter, but tbh, we just don't have many days like that in Perth. If the weather is good I commute on my road bike.
Then I had a thought, could Brian become a TT bike? I've always wanted to try TTing but always been put off by how ugly small TT bikes look. Is this a silly idea? Am I still going to have issues with wheel slip if I decide to leave the hanger on and run gears?