Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

I've had a Pickenflick for years and run it with WTB horizons/byways -similar frame to the Tempest and would highly recommend it. Rides as nice my Moots!

The Pickenflick has more clearance than the Tempest.

£200 more for flat mounts on the V3 is the only difference it seems.
There is a picture of one fitted with WTB Nano 700x40 on the website.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/readers-rides/your-ride/q/2826181024_alan-mcintyre_tempest
I can't comment on the quality of the titanium but I bought a Pickenflick after @pryally recommended it and I love it. Built with risers, now drops.
If it had mudguards mounts it would be perfect.

And the availability of the V2 in a M!

Looks promising about the 40mm Nanos - thats what im running on the TCX but they come up at 43!

Join @pjhobs in his custom order from Waltly and get a custom frame for about £600 before import tax...

Pickenflick seems serious VFM!!!

Can’t be far off snow in the Vosges. It’s been around zero where I live for a week or so and that’s not for any altitude

My girlfriends family live in Alsace/Basel and it’s been 17-20deg recently! Vast difference in altitude, given! Where are you @atz?

Luxembourg. Close enough for a sneaky day of riding in the Vosges rather than working.

I did some gravel/forest riding out of Colmar 3 years ago this time of year, great time of year to be there.

I blame this region of the world for my spending of eleventy billion pounds on an Open.

I usually spend at least 2 weeks based out of Leymen every year with 3-5 days of that in Black Forest.

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Coolest bike you'll ever own. Shouldn't have sold it.

felt or open?

Felt

true

yes, not sure what the Tempest offers over the Pickenflick unless you want mudguards (I know you don't) or rack mounts

Pickenflick is slacker

YOU're slacker.....

Black Forest was just beautiful. We went there at the beginning of October and while it was getting quite fresh during the night we almost hit 30 degrees during the days.

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?

Cheapest and most easiest would be p-clips and rack/carradice/bikepacking backs for the pickenflick?

For bikepacking trips I have odgrzybianie to order bags and there Pickenflick would be fine (maybe only concern would be carbon fork when getting it into some bus on the way etc.
For commuting I don't really find it feasible, as I need to bring ironed shirts with me every few days, so I don't think it's possible to squizze then in the saddle bag without breaking the ironing effect ;)
I would also prefer to have something "less eye-catching" for commuting and leaving outside etc, Pickenflick is definitely not the most stealthy one. Not wanting to start another disc vs rims discussion, but I believe both paint job and V-brakes of Fuji would be more into this role.

For me disc is perfect for commuting, with no rim wear and predictable braking.
Disc is quite normal nowadays I think, even the supermarket bikes have discs.

Horsecycles beast.

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Not understanding that odd section of colour around the seatpost.

Also, is it just me or are the rotors tiny?

140mm rotors, plenty for most stuff, the cassette is just silly big.