Recent content by Steve in Idaho

Thanks. Ross has been on my bucket list.

I'm running into the same kind of thing with bicycle accessory companies. First hint is the too-good-to-be-true prices.

That's a road though, right? So a cart would be usable?

I am :sick: with envy.

Thanks, @ABT . Good to know. And it's looking like maybe I might be going through Belgrade in june. Hmmm...

Welcome to the forum, Scot! Sorry, I can't help you with the model or T-formex Lite, having sampled neither. It might help though to know what it is about the feel of the composites that you dislike. Might be more useful though to answer that question in your other post.

I hope you're right.

See how the blue (storm) skirts the southwest corner of Idaho there? That strip of green next to it is the Snake River basin - where I live. That has been the pattern all this winter. I'm looking at the lowest total snowfall I think I've ever seen. Only had one day worth skiing, an hour and a...

You know, that appears to be pretty good price for a brand new Duraflex P14. But I'm not sure I would need Duraflex. I think I would be fine with their Ultralight layup, saving another seven pounds. What's another $400 anyway? ;) Their pricing really is attractive. A young strong guy (with lots...

And what would that be? 🤔

I wonder if polyester is as abrasion resistant as S glass. Kaz's layup holds up to a lot of abuse.

Nice! Decent $150 canoes are few and far between.

He should have been in the Solitude. ;) Yep. Looked kinda like a Prospector in the wind.

The Prospector name grabs our attention. But both the Clipper and the Swift 14 footers look to me more practical than what I would agree is truly a Prospector.

I think Northstar deliberately divorced from the label to make the point that they avoided the most negative aspect of the usual Prospector design - those sails at each end.