I've got a Fargo and it's brilliant at all the things I want it for – commuting, touring with plenty of kit on, carrying the child seat, child seat and kit etc etc etc. My build up on the frame is about as heavy as I could manage without filling things with lead as it's got touring rims, Marathon Plus tyres, slime tubes, dynamo front hub, a bizzarre collection of handlebars, hydraullic discs, Brooks B17, Ergon grips, lots of bottles, full racks and mudguards and it still handles well, really predictable on even fairly rough tracks. I use it for commuting shopping/errands/short trips, and I've done a few 100+ mile rides on it and it's not road bike fast but it doesn't hold me back too much either. Superbly comfy too. Buy one.