Looking for a new bike

Hi all, new member here. 

I'm looking for a new bike and would love some input.  I'm mainly going to be using it as a commuter (20 miles round trip on paved bike path), and weekend fitness riding (maybe replacing my road bike).  We don't have a ton of gravel roads where I live, so when I go off road, it is pretty hilly and rocky (SoCal).  I would like to do gravel racing in the future, so whatever I get I would like it to do a little of everything, with maybe only a wheel swap.  I commute with a pack, so having spots for racks isn't a high priority. 

Two bikes I'm looking at are:
Specialized Diverge Expert and Ibis Hakka MX

I'd love to hear from anyone who has ridden either.  I am open to other bikes, but want to stay in the $3500 price range (approximately).

Thanks!

If I had $3500 to spend the Salsa Warbird carbon or ti if they make that in ti and the Lynskey gr260 would be at the top of my list.

Zman

Yeah, I was just checking out the Lynskey GR260 as well as the Bombtrack Hook EXT-C. Both look pretty awesome as well. \n