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You've done the first ride, so now I would recommend brakless FTW.
Seriously...a) presumably you mean the lever is in an annoying position? Which can be moved without buying a new brake?
and b) you come from a riding a MTB, so are used to disc brakes, I guess, and were riding in the wet, which is not a great comparison. (There may be some inaccurate assumptions within the previous sentence).
I'm sure the brake is perfectly adequate and you will find that after a few weeks of riding fixed, you'll barely be using it at all anyway - I really wouldn't worry about upgrading it.