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@Smallfurry
If its proper hardcore touring. Then yeah, do the whole barend shifters to MTB mech thing, or get an IGH.
Otherwise just buy the best your budget allows, in the brand of your chioce. Its a bicycle. Not a nuclear powered submarine. Carry spares and tools, and fix stuff as you go.