IGH, Alfine, Rohloff, Sturmey Archer and frames/bikes built for them...

Saw this at the Spin LDN bike show and apart from the belt drive, flat bars and alu frame it's pretty much everything that I think a modern commuter should be. Though at 1,500 gbp it is expensive.
But it does (to my eyes anyway) look gorgeous.
Dynamo hub, built in front light, full length mudguards which felt super sturdy when I leant on them, and supposedly the rear ones can carry panniers.

Considering fitting my http://allcitycycles.com/bikes/nature_boy_disc

With a hub gear, anyone got any advice? obviously theres no cabling for gears but DI2 might be an option, alongside the rear disc cable?

All City is spaced 135 at the rear, so Alfine will fit.
Quick read of the website says it has internal cable routing, but not sure whether that means you can run a cable to a hub gear, you may want to have a chat with @HoKe, as he's got one, though he runs it single speed. I'd assume it does otherwise why the 135 spacing so you can fit a hub gear?
Di2 might be an issue, in terms of where you put the battery for it. I've only looked at full builds with Di2, so haven't thought about what I'd need to do if I just built up a Di2 alfine wheelset solo.

Does the fork work? Interesting way of getting 30mm or so travel.

I'm more concern about the trail, or lack thereof.

(yes I know, 8 months too late).

I'd assume it does otherwise why the 135 spacing so you can fit a hub gear?

More because most disc hubs are 135 I think?

Well i saw that on that AWOL that the 'going awol' guys rode the TCR on, had the battery back mounted by the stem..

@cornelius_blackfoot I'm thinking that a return to the UK would see me riding something of this ilk.

The only downside it that they weigh as much as Blenheim Palace.

That's why I'm thinking of getting a Ti frame built and then swapping over components from an alfine day one so it would be as light as I can make it without going into weight weenie expensive extremes...

I'd take a second hand one and get a Reeen job on it to disuade the more light-fingered passers by.

Also, it'd need a rack.

Where the fuck would one find a Ti frame?

front rack or rear rack?
if rear the tubus fly is what I'm thinking, think @cake has one.

Ti frame would have to be custom, there are a couple of off the peg options but they aren't the prettiest...

I have a normal tubus fly on my 'ugliest pompino in the world' and not the ti one I'm afraid.

Front.

I detest rear racks - they're so ugly.

meh agreed. but this rides better for me, and I figure my commuter can be ugly as shit.

Fair point.

Justin Burls is your man for this.

have spoken to him, right now its a money issue...

On the front rack question, if you want to go disc brakes on the front, there aren't many if any front racks that will work, since the fork will only have eyelets for mudguards, if you go carbon...

I wouldn't go for carbon forks.

Ti frameset all the way.

Find a frame that can use an eccentric BB.

I've run Blackburn low riders with disc brake before. Needed eyelets half way up the fork leg though

Find a frame that can use an eccentric BB.

Or even just a normal frame with vertical drop out, as you can run IG with a derailleur.

Might actually be cheaper and easier (especially no need to align the rear disc brake, and easy puncture fixing).

This mean any cheaper disc frame will be fine, even carbon one if you wish.

I'm sure that with a bit of careful fettling/bodging I could run a front rack with a disc fork.

Rear-mounted racks are so ugly.

You can, there are some rear rack that look very smart, such as the Tubus Fly (abet it look better with matching mudguard)

Surly or Thorn fork (latter with the most rake) will do the jobs.

Any suggestions for a front rack, because rear racks are ugly?

Are you talking a simple one to hold a basket, a porteur or something to hold panniers?

Porteur/basket as opposed to panniers.

I'm not what you'd call a tourer.

Cycling between Bilbao and San Seb nearly killed me years ago.

I was only kept alive by regular wine and pintxo stops.