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@LeMesjeu
Depends where you live or plan to ride tbh. (or what loads you plan to transport)
We recently took delivery of a Gates Alfine 8 Bullit after testing Alfine 11 and the e8000 variants. It's perfect for what we use it for, child hauling and trips to local shops where it's too much faff to take the car. We live just outside Ghent and the only hill we would have the chance of climbing is in the centre and is perfectly doable fully loaded in the second to lowest gear.
I do still need to have a look on how to convert it to extralite summer touring mode with other wheels and maybe an xt chainset if I can find one used for cheaps.