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RUST magazine: Rust#5

RUST magazine: Want to know how to set up your bike like a pro? Well in RUST #5 we give you the lowdown on the top tips that’ll make your bike handle and your confidence soar. And meet the guys transforming the Trail riders Fellowship from an old boys’ club, to a contemporary collective.

RUST magazine: Want to know how to set up your bike like a pro? Well in RUST #5 we give you the lowdown on the top tips that’ll make your bike handle and your confidence soar. And meet the guys transforming the Trail riders Fellowship from an old boys’ club, to a contemporary collective.

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T RF Feature<br />

fighting to keep green roads open - chasing<br />

claims all the way to the Supreme Court if<br />

needs be - it’s now needing to establish a<br />

modern organisational footing if it is to<br />

remain financially and intellectually capable<br />

of defending trail riders’ rights in an increasingly<br />

litigious and costly future. And for that<br />

it needs numbers - bums on bike seats -<br />

generating the funds it needs to be effective.<br />

“The political and legal landscape is<br />

changing” adds Costa-Sa. Rights of way will<br />

become less important as we move along…<br />

More important will be areas of campaigning<br />

and political representation. Rather than<br />

worrying about individual ancient rights of<br />

way, the politics of countryside access will<br />

be the bigger issue. And this is arguably<br />

closer to a marketing issue than a legal one.<br />

“It’s about how you portray trail riding, how<br />

you portray the people who are doing it,<br />

even recognising trail riding as part of the<br />

TRF<br />

WAR!

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