sure man...let you know.

Yeah I like it...haven't ridden it enough to know how well it holds up.

I used aircraft paint stripping (aerosol version that I got at an O'Reilly's Auto store). It just needs to be warm outside, spray it on, let it sit for 15-30 minutes, then blast it off with a pressure washer. Rinse and repeat.

I'm not sure if it is close to intense raw because I haven't seen a factory raw job in person before.

And yes, I do have the slacker dropouts.

no, got it like this

I've been on that site before and seen all of those in a few other places as well. I have a huge pile of ag discs here that I'm building into various types of hoe/shovel/rakes, just getting feedback on what would make them better! The one I'm making right now will have a straight scarper blade, a rounded blade(awesome for berms!), and a straight toothed edge to get into the hard stuff. And two of the corners will serve as pickaxes, 3rd will have(hopefully) and axe edge for cutting roots so you don't have to turn sideways on the trail each time to cut them with the hoe edge...
Was hoping to find a burly telescopic handle, but that's not proving to be an option. Gonna have to make one with detent buttons... When I'm done I want it to fit INSIDE a trailpack.... Did I miss anything? Bottle opener perhaps?

yea its coming along. has been a very long winter up here so havent even thought about riding yet. She is almost done. just rebuilt an old boxxer with a friend of mine and put that on so should be a few more days.

Sounds good.

so is your new trail in the community forest? where are the places to build?