Originally Posted by jimc101

For the purposes you have listed, yes, as long as you are OK in setting up a mail order bike.

If you are looking at upgrades before you have purchased, it's the wrong bike, as upgrades on a new bike are almost always more expensive than buying a better bike, and at the level you are looking at, any meaningful upgrades would cost more than the bike (wheels, fork, brakes, groupset, frame in that order), and so not be cost effective.