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@Prz
Looking for a commuter bike as I miss both gears and drops in my current one (Vitus Dee SS). Pickenflick has no mudguard and rack mounts so can only bring it every few days when I don't need to carry too much, especially have a supply of shirts ready in the office, I am considering two options:
Buy a touring bike, Fuji Touring seems most available and reasonable in price here in Poland, use it for commuting and maybe for a bigger tour when time permits in the future, keep Pickenflick as road and gravel bike (I have two wheelsets for that).
Swap Pickenflick for a proper road bike, buy a bike like Genesis Vagabond and Marin Four Corners, that could both effectively serve as commuter and take care of even more difficult terrain than Pickenflick.
I cannot afford (neither in cash nor in space) to have more than two bikes for all these purposes, I also like to make my commute longer (short, on pavement it's 17 km, but I can easily make it 30 km thourgh the hilly roads in the forest or longer). The second option sounds more appaling to me, but would surely be more costly and require to sell the Pickenflick. What would you advise?