Originally Posted by Stubacca
Until recently it was this beastie - '99ish Giant Farrago. Changed the tires for 700x32 Panaracers, lowered the adjustable stem, and added a rear rack.
It finally gave up the ghost last week, so I'm currently searching for a replacement. The whole drive train is pretty much at the end of it's useful life and the rear wheel has failed, and I can't really justify spending much money on it considering I'd rather be doing my 25-30 mile round trip commute on a better fitting frame with drop bars. I'm intending to source a new rear wheel to turn this one into a single-speed grocery getter and errand bike. Moustache bars might get the nod, too...
Stubacca, I've been using a Farrago too for the past several years and have had nothing but a miserable time with it. I've had to replace the rear wheel, the saddle... all kinds of things. But still, I put thousands of kilometres on that thing commuting 32km/day. I need to replace the BB and a bunch of other things, but the frame is sturdy enough. Any suggestions for reviving this rig in terms of drive train, rear wheel etc?