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Absolutely.  That's another great thing about the bike, easy to build it how you prefer.  High/0 deg/54t and you'll have a decent climbing bike that can still get rowdy.  Low/1 deg/18t and you can have a dh rocket.

I haven't found kinematics for the bike, but the 2019 version had pretty low pedal kickback in the first place.

I just picked one of these up a few months ago, and it's a solid bike.  The dt swiss 370 hubs are nice, but come with the 18t star ratchet (20.0 deg).  You'll want to upgrade to the 54t (6.67 deg) asap if you do any technical climbing.

Awesome.  Thanks for the article(s)!

"...it is not my favourite dropper post on the market. It's also 42% less expensive than my preferred model..."

$200/(1-0.42)=$345, so can we assume your preferred model is the Fox Transfer?