pawoods

It's snowing yet again, winter hibernation is setting in for a lot of people. I thought I would dwell on the subject of shovels for a little bit. Basically without shovels you can not build trails, everyone who builds trails has their favorite shovel. It seems every year shovels get worse and worse as they don't last long, you buy a shovel a month later its broken or the metal is cracked. Are we using them that hard or are products just being made cheaper and cheaper every year. You can go with the always trusty wooded handle shovel, but they seem to snap like a twig after a month of use. Then for awhile it seemed as if fiberglass shovels were the way to go, but this year I swear every fiberglass shovel just shattered after about 2 months of use. It would be nice if some company catered to making shovels for the trail builder but I don't see that happening unless a bike company decides to do it. After all the years of building trails its crazy how picky you can be with a shovel, without the right shape it seems hard to work with. Bronco flat shovels seem to be a shovel of choice, really light, perfect shape and the cheapest shovel out there. Personally the heavier the shovel is the hardest it is to shape jumps, which makes you think shovels are like bikes the lighter the better. Maybe sometime this spring will do a shovel test with a bunch of different shovels to give everyone a better idea on what shovels to get. It all comes down to personal preference thou. now we just need to wait till the ground thaws and we can dig again, hopefully this winter is a short one and will all be smacking those lips with flats..