Unless you throw it off a cliff, it will stay in tact. 1500 ds is carbon, and carbon squeaks and creaks. Also, after awile, the rear shock will tend to lose ground so to say. It like i said depends how u soop it up. Tons of adjustability and high tech geek appeal.
Headset supports triple crown forks.
The stock rock shox super delux on the rear is absolute rubbish. I peeled the stickers off in the 1st 10 minutes. The lowest pivot location can cause a chain suck problem. Extracting the chain past that pivot can be agonizing. This bikes fits perfectly down the middle.