can’t justify an about town bike
To expand on my comment, to be justified an about town bikes for me needs to be able to do a hilly 10-13 miles each way, ie use them for the days I cycle commute too. I don’t run enough errands locally (as I can walk to the supermarket /chemist etc) to justify a different bike just for the odd 1-3 mile ride to the doctors etc. So I’ve ended up using my gravel bike for my commute as it’s ~22 miles round trip but I don’t do it every time I go into work as I find it pretty tiring around a full day in the office (on the way home I can come via the canal and woods).
All that said, I’m seriously considering a commuter with rack, as we think we are about to find out today that all our single staff offices are about to be turned into hot dealing space so it means bringing in a laptop and loosing room to store my stuff. But I know I don’t cycle commute that often, realistically. (I live near a train station).
Anyway that Abus Granite Plus arrived this week. Certainly more robust than previous locks I’ve owned.