I honestly was considering the alfine 8 due to the bulletproof nature of it. I'm planning on re - lacing the wheels with the new hubs, whether I go IGH or to a 10spd derailleur setup (to convert the rear to centerlock rotors, the dynamo is centerlock and it would bother me to no end of the brakes didn't match (though I plan on using a 140mm rotor out back instead of the 160mm it currently has) the bike has vertical dropouts, so I guess I'd be picking up a tensioner. I don't want to pick up a new bike, this thing has sentimental value to me, and the fact it's a tad beat up at this point in its life just adds to that value to me. It's been a wonderful commuter

Need to figure out the light situation though, been eyeballing Busch and Mueller lights