RUST magazine: Rust#15
RUST magazine: EnduroGP saw big changes for 2016, but can the world championship survive the massive overhaul coming in 2017? RUST’s own W2D grudge match – can you beat the boss and still keep your job? Riding the Road of Bones – which should you fear more: the bears or the mosquitoes? Yeah, we’re asking the big questions again, here at RUST… We’re offering answers, too, only we’re not quite sure how correct they are. You can decide on that. It’s a monster issue by the way, our biggest yet at 77 or 154 pages (depending on the format you view with), so it’s a big read even before you reach the sticky issue of the 1980s trials bike restoration project at the tail end. And in case you miss the cue: the Dear Diaries are fictitious (you know, made up), so stay relaxed… Enjoy your riding – and reading! Best JON BENTMAN
RUST magazine: EnduroGP saw big changes for 2016, but can the world championship survive the massive overhaul coming in 2017?
RUST’s own W2D grudge match – can you beat the boss and still keep your job?
Riding the Road of Bones – which should you fear more: the bears or the mosquitoes?
Yeah, we’re asking the big questions again, here at RUST… We’re offering answers, too, only we’re not quite sure how correct they are. You can decide on that. It’s a monster issue by the way, our biggest yet at 77 or 154 pages (depending on the format you view with), so it’s a big read even before you reach the sticky issue of the 1980s trials bike restoration project at the tail end.
And in case you miss the cue: the Dear Diaries are fictitious (you know, made up), so stay relaxed…
Enjoy your riding – and reading!
Best
JON BENTMAN
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
tson<br />
sports) is for riders to have their act together<br />
from their late teens onwards. At the prizegiving<br />
ceremony in France, Eero Remes at 30<br />
was the oldest champion on the stage. And is<br />
it not somewhat frightening that a rider as<br />
complete and as sublimely quick as Steve<br />
Holcombe was born in 1994?!<br />
Aussie superstar Matt Phillips seemed<br />
surprised with his own quick success: “I’m not<br />
sure how I’ve managed to get four world titles<br />
already!” The stat is impressive for anyone<br />
who has only been on the world scene since<br />
2013, especially as he has taken titles on<br />
three different bikes (Husky, KTM, Sherco),<br />
but even more so when you realise that<br />
Phillips is just 23.<br />
However, this crop of exciting young talent<br />
didn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to<br />
one of the legends of the sport. After a troubled<br />
season in which his dad was fighting cancer,<br />
Ivan Cervantes decided to retire from enduro<br />
in order to focus on his family and continue his<br />
Dakar success. Everyone who has been lucky<br />
enough to meet Ivan will know just what a true<br />
gentleman he is; as well as being one of the<br />
most fascinating riders to watch. ‘El Torito’<br />
gave an emotional speech at the final<br />
ceremony in France, which left many<br />
members of the audience in tears.<br />
A ROARING SUCCESS, BUT…<br />
If you had any doubts that the first season<br />
of the EnduroGP format had been a roaring<br />
success, the fabulous French finale in Cahors<br />
answered any naysayers emphatically. The<br />
last race of the year had a dash of everything:<br />
exciting racing, an incredible atmosphere,<br />
sizzling temperatures, and plenty of extra
Change language