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absolutely enduro bikes are required on the shore.  along with colour matched kit, a fanny pack, and a great big heaping of entitlement.  how else you gonna fit it?

bonus points for using strava 100% of the time, no matter where you ride, and for shredding all the loamers in the wet.  i mean, if you have to deal with the expensive house prices and traffic of this place, then you should be able to at least fuck over all the good trails, right?

i wouldn't spend money on anything but a 29" HT. you might not really know it, until you rode a 29" HT, but at that point, you'll regret it.

so we'll have extra gridlock for 5 years while they build it

then we'll have 5-10 years of relieved congestion

and then, we'll be back to where we are today. maybe even worse the way that LOLO, edgemont and LV are getting built right the F up

but hey, putting this money into public transport would be a waste. as would putting tolls on the bridge :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

apparently JD is closed

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hopefully people give the trails a rest, and if you have to ride, stick to the more old-school armored trails like neds

another option might be landscape cloth, side rails and gold to make a dirt topper. more work in short term but if the area sees little traffic might make sense in the long run? never have to worry again about slick-like-ice wood. unless it's steep in which case the dirt would tend to wash out.

long-term traffic planning for the north shore is great for climate change. seeing as our politicians won't put in a significant carbon tax, instead we'll let the roads become total gridlock to force people into transit or bikes. and those fancy new cars that everyone has seem to turn off the engine when they stop?

for sure, good to keep it simple. choosing lines, finding materials, etc, so much easier in the day time.

probably better off just using bike lights with the head straps. generally you would need a ton of fixed lights to entirely cover a work area.

i think the 241 or 261 is around the sweet spot for building in these parts. not that much that really requires a bigger saw unless you're milling or in the odd area that really has lots of downed big stuff. but plenty of decent sized stuff that is worth having that much power for. just my own opinion, for whatever it's worth.

echo the points on safety gear for sure!

the poulans do a great job. i had a wild thing that took about 5 or 6 years of fairly heavy use/abuse before the clutch started to go and the carb needed a rebuild.

but no comparison to a pro saw. although with a poulan you can leave it stashed in the woods and not worry if something happens to it