Yep it's set up tubeless. The Nobby Nics were easy to setup. The rear of the Vee Rubber was a bit fiddly. But the rims are taped by specialised from the factory.

Forks, not ridden them much to be able to comment really. Whyte used them as their stock fork on some pretty sweet bikes, and the Aion did win a pinkbike end of year award as well. Simple lockout and rebound adjustments plus you can drop in the upgraded rebound/compression adjust damper too if you wanted to upgrade a little.