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I am currently riding a SRAM Blaze crankset with 175mm on the left side/170mm on the chainring side. I recently switched my chainring from 22t/36t to 24t/38t and failed to tighten my left crank sufficiently or the BB cartridge failed and subsequently stripped out the spline. I could not get a...

Replace the bridge on the Penn Branch (Orange) trail in Wharton State Forest that was destroyed during a recent wildfire

Rode to Martha Furnace today. Went down to Mordecai Swamp Road off of Maple Branch Road on the way. Mordecai Swamp Road was plowed as a fire break for the fire. Attached are some pictures. The fire appeared to be completely suppressed.

Ride to Hampton Furnace up the west side of Batsto River. Dry near Batsto and very wet above Lower Forge all the way to Hampton Furnace. When I started out I thought I would return to Batsto through Devious and Jemima but the large ATV puddles up north changed my plans.

It is so wet in some areas of WSF that I would have ran over a catfish but it swam away from my front tire. WSF-East Side

Thanks for the heads up.

I am unsure how to answer this but I would like to help on 10/29. My email is: wilburdeb at gmail.com

Great news! I can help if needed.

From the video news footage I have seen the some of the affected area is centered around the shooting range/fire tower (1/2 mile north of Batsto)

The greatest concentration of blood suckers in NJ are near Trenton.

Nice ride. My next bike will be a Fatbike. Maybe this Fall.

With all the police activity, sounds like Union County law enforcement is flush with tax payer money. Do they have: Might be a way to reduce the tax burden if the police budget were cut to match the need.

They were definitely busy and seemed uncaring of my presence. This pair were about as far away from Batsto as the Hucklrberry trail runs.

Same reasoning as @jShort. But not terribly upset.

Rode up to Devious from Batsto. Devious is just a short ride NNW of the cherry on the Ice Cream Cone. The trail is a seldom used double track that is mostly firm with breakouts of sand here and there. Just as I reached the summit a pair of hikers coming from the BatoNa campground reached...