Did you not test ride it? And if so did you test ride the bike under the conditions you require it to be good, ie commuting?
To which you could add: Do you take the (usually completely empty) Adventure panniers off before embarking on the treacherous journey through Chester?
Many don't. Preferring to perpetuate 'the look' and carry air around..... and, of course, then worry endlessly that the panniers corrode and how best to polish them......



