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I wouldn't worry about it, if you want STi, go for it.
11 speed is okay for touring but the chain wear quicker unfortunately.
My advice would be to go try it out and see if it fit your hand well, with reach adjusted and what not, this is the most important factor as you spend 90% of your time riding on the hood.
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I was thinking to go with 10 speed Rival, going to test ride a bike to see how I find DoubleTap but it seems like a good group. Thanks!
I think I need to get over my fear of "overly" mechanical things. I ride fixed a lot, carry a chainbreaker, and the bike will have adjustable dropouts. If all fucks up on the road I just singlespeed it.
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I'm scared of brake integrated shifters. I'm running bar ends on my bike at the moment,but want to be able to shift from the hoods on the new bike I'm building (the custom Hartley Cycles that I asked about earlier in this thread). I only really hear horror stories about long distance/touring with STI/DoubleTap/Ergoshift so have been put off of them, anyone able to convince me otherwise? The other option is Gevenalle GX shifters with an MTB rear mech, but in a lot of ways I don't really see them as being much less failure-proof than a set of normal brifters so am a bit confused.