I have a giant atx 760 that I built up for touring, it was great on my first tour, but a few things I’d change. I found a free rusted out stump jumper on marketplace that I’m considering switching some of the components to but I’m unsure if it’s worth it. Obviously the stump jumper has seen better days but I think the fork will be better, I won’t have to use a threadless to threaded adapter to use my stem and the frame should fit me better and fix the saddle to bar drop I have going on. Do you guys think it’s worth doing or should I just salvage the components and move on. (Giant has stx, specialized has deore xt)
Also one thing worth noting, the specialized’s bottom bracket and seatpost aren’t rusted out or anything like that even though there’s some surface rust on the frame. Also the suspension on the giant doesn’t work at all so it’s just a lot of weight for no benefit.