This is the shintro… coming at you like a BMX shark bite pedal at your 1980s shins.
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By ben_haworth
Get the full story here:
https://singletrackworld.com/2023/02/fresh-goods-friday-640-three-feet-high-edition/
Slim pickings this week.
And that rake looks like some form of medieval weapon...
Trail tool and Beers ordered! Let the good times ride 🙂
BTR's web page is gone totally?
Ah… 1989. I [Benji] would have been not-quite-a-teenager.
You really know how to make a significant proportion of your readership feel old, don't you @Ben_Howarth 😉
BTR... they seem alive on facebook and social. you can get hold of them here... Keep 'er Sideways (@btr_fabrications) • Instagram photos and videos
I bought mine a week ago from BTR and they had plenty of rakes left (that’s the rake, there’s a different trail tool)
I’ve just let them know about their website issue too.
Thanks for including the link to TOTW.
The rake-like trail tool is good, as a second tool but it's a bit big to really dig with, their chunkier macleod-ish trail tool is better for that and can still do the raking. Wish it didn't have the cutouts but it really is the closest I've ever used to being a "one tool to build them all".
I'd recommend checking out the Escape Components trail tool too. https://escapecomponents.com/product/8-trail-hoe. These are made by a forum member and general Upstanding Mountain Bike Community Member and full disclosure, a friend of mine but they are very very good. Yes they're "heavily inspired by" the Rogue Hoe, but you can't easily get Rogue Hoes in the UK any more. It's not quite as versatile as the BTR but it's much better for digging. I can get so much more done with one of these than I can with a mattock or similar, the heft and size is just right.
Oh yeah I think I need one fo those mudguards!
I like the Lowtide West Coast Hop Lock 0.5% IPA. Thanks for the 15% off! I’ve used the saving on trying some of their other options..
The rake-like trail tool is good, as a second tool but it’s a bit big to really dig with, their chunkier macleod-ish trail tool is better for that and can still do the raking. Wish it didn’t have the cutouts but it really is the closest I’ve ever used to being a “one tool to build them all”.
This style tool is standard issue in Aus/NZ. They’re used as fire rakes for clearing around trees when burning off, so you can get them at diy shops.
Anyone used any of the Firechief stuff?
Rake
Rakehoe
at one time you could get these via Screwfix
In contrast to the title, three feet deep: