Originally Posted by
cc700
honestly for 100 it's a great bike.
for 150 it's a rip off. don't put another part on that bike, ride it till it falls apart and then get something that won't kill you if you want to go more than 20 miles on it.
I used to ride centuries in the 80s on bikes that were not much better (hi-ten, crap saddles, crap pedals, etc). If you die from riding 20 miles on a Draft, ask papa to take the pea out from under your stack of goose-down filled, plump, satin mattresses.
To the OP, go ahead and upgrade your saddle, handlebars, brake and then port those upgrades to your next build/BD bike or whatever. If your pedals are truly breaking, get some cheap BMX pedals as I believe that is what the Draft cranks accept.