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Took the Bowman out this morning and was reminded what a nice frame it is. That said, I don't really enjoy local road riding and with HHV hopefully being my main leisure riding this year I'm gonna follow the crowd and rebuild the 9.
Next choice is between the Capo and CAAD10 for the track. After getting some nice compliments on the Capo at the track my initial thinking was to keep it as the track bike. "it's much nicer than that hideous new one" etc. There's also a few 10's at the track already. But after thinking on it I think I'd like the better track frame to be used for the track so I'm gonna try the 10. Doing this will free up the Capo to be my little used summer skidder. It's all very interchangeable so switch easily.
Like the 9 the 10 is a little aesthetically challenged but I actually really like the paint work. It's very well done and has a certain late 80's early 90's vibe so the plan is to work with this and keep the components a bit more classic. Gonna put it together today so we'll see how it pans out.