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as promised my reply:-
to clarify my ATR was probably the wrong size for me (54) and no doubt the tall headtube made this worse, making it feel very 'sit up and beg' the pickenflick was a 51 and a perfect fit. I much prefer a slightly smaller frame and longer stem on all my bikes.
Its difficult to get away from the fact that the pickenflick can be had for £700 and the ATR £1400 - no way is the frame twice as good. However the picjenflick doesn't have mudguard mounts as you are probably aware so fitting them would always be a compromise. But if you can manage with that I would get one - I think they are currently doing a rival hydro 1x11 for £1300(sorry gone back up now) which would be myu choice. I run a couple of bikes with this set up and its fantastic! 42 front chainring and 11-40 at the bike.
Whichever bike you get hydro is a must - I tried all the cable disc brakes with very limited success - I have sram and shimano and both are great.
My choice if I was you would be the tempest if you want proper mudguards (get PDW) or the pickenflick if you don't. If money was no object I would still get the planet x offering and get better wheels or di2. I've also just put some 650b wheels on my pickenflick with 50mm tyres and its great fun
sorry for the rambling reply and hope its useful