RUST magazine: Rust#24
Assoluti D’Italia – is this the world’s best enduro championship? Fantic’s new 250 – have the Italian’s made a CRF250L-beater? Trans America Trail – is this the world’s greatest trail ride? Plus plenty of product testing, columnists and more Try as we might we’ve failed (again) to make a small magazine! And again we’ve been travelling the earth. We’ve headed into Italy to witness the start of their enduro season with round one of the Assoluti D’Italia – and what we saw there is just mind-blowing. We stayed local for a first test of Fantic’s latest trail bike, the 250E Casa – and what a surprise that wee bike is. And we end the issue in grand style, too, as it just doesn’t get any grander than the canyons of the US’s west. It’s a big issue, for sure. Enjoy the reading – and your riding! Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
Assoluti D’Italia – is this the world’s best enduro championship?
Fantic’s new 250 – have the Italian’s made a CRF250L-beater?
Trans America Trail – is this the world’s greatest trail ride?
Plus plenty of product testing, columnists and more
Try as we might we’ve failed (again) to make a small magazine! And again we’ve been travelling the earth. We’ve headed into Italy to witness the start of their enduro season with round one of the Assoluti D’Italia – and what we saw there is just mind-blowing. We stayed local for a first test of Fantic’s latest trail bike, the 250E Casa – and what a surprise that wee bike is. And we end the issue in grand style, too, as it just doesn’t get any grander than the canyons of the US’s west.
It’s a big issue, for sure. Enjoy the reading – and your riding!
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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usually finding myself either stooped or<br />
cramped, on the Fantic there was enough<br />
space for a natural standing riding position<br />
while the bars were wide enough to allow a<br />
properly braced elbows-up stance.<br />
Tight cornering was not quite on the money,<br />
though, not sure if that’s due to the geometry<br />
or the Mitas front tyre (maybe even the tyre<br />
pressure). Most trail riders wouldn’t have a<br />
problem here, but coming from razor-sharp<br />
enduro bikes there was a slight vagueness<br />
that was probably exacerbated by the tricky<br />
muddy conditions we found.<br />
However, the Fantic revealed its chops in<br />
two particular challenges we encountered.<br />
The first was a wet chalk climb (with steps
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