Originally Posted by jimc101

What I was meaning, was it's a £500 bike, for the money it's good, but if you intend to be taking it off road, and putting lots of miles on it, any component which are budget will show this quickly. Generally for lower end bikes, you get budget / heavy versions of parts, like the tires, and seatpost, bars etc, all perfectly serviceable, although they will often weigh quite a lot.

For the forks, just about all Suntour branded forks can be considered disposable, for their budget forks, it's cheaper to replace then repair, for higher end, they generally aren't available of retail purchase in the UK, and if your did find one, spares availability is an issue compared to say Rockshox or Fox. Nothing wrong with Suntour forks, but you need to be aware of this, especially if you intend to take the bike anywhere where the wear on the parts / servicing will be hard to obtain.