I reckon it could handle it ok Neil! Its quite burly really. Just looks quite skinny from afar. I'd have been happier riding this than the HT Salsa definitely!
Its actually not that heavy either. Need to get some scales - reckon its around 26ib.
Not to fight Jez's battles for him, but when it was in my hands I thought it was very solidly-build. One would think the elastomers would have been junk, but they seemed in quite good shape. I would have no problems hammering the sh*t out of it.