Pretty much all my bikes are beaters because they're just more practical overall. They look more or less roufgh, mostly have scratched up paint & rust, I never wash them and I don't mind wearing them out, but I'm still carefull not to abuse them and they all get proper maintenance so they stay very well dialed in at all times, they're a pleasure to ride. When parts wear out I'm not afraid of period correctness or anything so long as the looks mostly fit together, so I can grab stuff of other junked bikes that'll do the job. Dirt cheap to run.

My nice bikes on the other hand hardly ever see the light of day. These are really only good for "going for a bike ride" because I don't want to get them dirty since that means washing them after, and I can't lock one outside since other people may scratch the paint by bumping them in the bike rack, and there's the risk of getting stolen... If I still rode around a lot just to ride around then maybe I'd use them more but ever since being car free it's not something I do very often, so the nice bikes stay in the basement and do nothing while the beaters get used.