Originally Posted by
thedapperest
Good buy, always nice to see a new rider. Another thing I would suggest is upgrading that butt ugly fork to something lugged perhaps, you might wanna consider an eventual crankset upgrade too
with all due respect upgrading a fork because someone on the internet thinks its "butt ugly" is rarely a good idea. Now, granted a fork is a substantial upgrade.
Personally I'd ride the hell out of it for a year or two completely stock. When stuff starts to fail look at replacing points of contact: the seat, the bar tape, the pedals. Then move inward; the crank wheelset, etc.
Granted, you are going to pick up some pieces here and there out of love but make it a project of patience.