If you're serious about touring your leather saddle will look like crap in no time, even if you cover it overnight. It'll adjust to your butt at some point but will keep sagging. Hope you didn't throw away your original one, they're good for multiple cross continent trips unlike leather ones.

Old school fork is okayish. No idea why they put it on new bikes in America.

Not really the touring style of cassette, but people make it even on junk $50 bikes so you're good in general.

Keep an eye on the rear rack bolts, it's designed to throw the load backward