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@jimalex
My wife and I bought our first house in August, meaning I had to devise a new commute.
I am fluky enough to have ridden my bike to work for all of the 18 years I have been employed. So a house that would mean I could avoid the dreaded LA freeway commute and keep pedaling to the office was near the top of the list of requirements when we were looking for a place.
House found and bought, I started my new daily rides to Culver City, up a bit of road climb for the first mile or so, then onto a gravel fireroad between the oilfields that Chief Bogomil runs through at the start of Beverley Hills Cop II :D, a bit more tarmac, then some cruisy singletrack before a short section of quite technical downhill that spits me out onto the side of a freeway and leaves a half mile of riding in traffic before I get to the office.
What would be the bike that would be most fun for all of this, and take a rack so I can carry clothes and laptop and work stuff?
Of course there is only one choice. A fat tired, titanium drop bar bike, with a little tweak for a dropper post with internal cabling.