It's not about the bike, it's me that ought to get fixed, sadly not gonna happen, sure riding a well fettled and sorted bike helps , but sometimes you look at a bike frame, and you know it's just perfect.
For me ,a new build frame from after 1945 , and the classic Brit clubman frames, built with 531st ,with a pic & mix approach to components, i wouldn't want a high end groupset, like Campy or Dura race, i much admire the Mavic or Miche stuff, workmanlike but not 'bling', I'd like drum brakes and enclosed gears , I do have a selection of bikes at home, for general duties ,or 'service' bike ,utilitarian hub gears and drum brakes are ideal, a 'postie' bike if you will, they are/ were heavy, but I used to repair and maintain them before retirement, ( no post bikes , no duty, so took early retirement )
That said the 'Millennium' post bike was very well specced, it rode nicely too, if badly finished, but it's a workman like tool, why spend time making to look flash, if it's getting trashed.
If the story about battle tanks is true, German tanks ,had all the welds tidied up , the Russians weren't, the russkies had for more tanks, what's the point in bullying things up if they are expendable.