You'll get no argument from me. My touring bike is a bikeforums-approved custom brazed dynamo powered drop bar ten speed triple bar end shifted 19 gear inch fendered v-braked Mavic A719 rimmed 700c x 35 Schwalbe tired leather saddled wonder machine with a mix of carefully selected mountain and road components, with a rear wheel built with thinner gauged radially laced non-driveside spokes to optimize tension! And I have a carbon seat post and carbon stem spacers! This is my hobby and I'm clearly obsessed.
You know what they say. Pics or it didn't happen . . .