RUST magazine: RUST#28
EL ROLLO – sideways in the dirt, on what?! DOING A RUNNER – London to Kuala Lumpur at a jog RACING UNCERTAINTIES – the drum from EnduroGP Headlining this issue is the stunning Wheels & Waves feature event, El Rollo – dressing up and riding around like Dad (or Granddad) has never been so much fun. Meanwhile matters have turned serious in the high-pressure world of EnduroGP. And Andy Dukes has indeed done a runner. Perhaps Chris Evans has it right – sell the bikes. No, that can never be the right answer… RUST, it’s the smart read. Hope you like it! Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
EL ROLLO – sideways in the dirt, on what?!
DOING A RUNNER – London to Kuala Lumpur at a jog
RACING UNCERTAINTIES – the drum from EnduroGP
Headlining this issue is the stunning Wheels & Waves feature event, El Rollo – dressing up and riding around like Dad (or Granddad) has never been so much fun. Meanwhile matters have turned serious in the high-pressure world of EnduroGP. And Andy Dukes has indeed done a runner. Perhaps Chris Evans has it right – sell the bikes. No, that can never be the right answer…
RUST, it’s the smart read. Hope you like it!
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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fighting for survival?<br />
extreme test, but also with the opportunity to ride in enduroGp: “I don’t<br />
know a lot about it as I normally race the extreme stuff, but I’ve always<br />
fancied giving this a go and it’s cool to be up against the top guys in the<br />
championship!”<br />
Greece also showed that things are still interesting in the class battles,<br />
as Steve Holcombe and Nathan Watson exchanged blows with a 1-2, 1-2.<br />
And Garcia and Mccanney kept up their head-to head battle with<br />
another win apiece in enduro 2. over in Junior, Brad freeman continued<br />
to whittle away at Davide Soreca’s lead, while Sweden’s Mikael persson<br />
brought the spotlight back on himself with an emphatic win.<br />
‘It was out of the frying pan and into the fire as the<br />
paddock headed to Castelo Branco in Portugal.<br />
An area ravaged by deadly fires just weeks before...’<br />
Portugal<br />
It was out of the frying pan and into the fire as the paddock headed to<br />
castelo Branco in portugal, an area which was ravaged by deadly fires<br />
just weeks before the race in late July. It was astonishing to see the work<br />
put in by everyone – the fire brigade, the forestry workers, and the<br />
motoclub too. They were determined not to let the recent tragedy affect<br />
the running of the event; a point they proved when they ended the<br />
superb Supertest with a stunning fireworks display.<br />
But a bombshell was dropped on the sport when Matthew phillips<br />
announced he would be leaving for pastures new at the end of the<br />
season. Matt is so popular and well-loved that the only thing Sherco<br />
and rest of the paddock personnel could do was to put it to the back of<br />
their minds and try to focus on the weekend ahead. But it was such a<br />
shocking revelation that it inevitably cast a shadow over proceedings<br />
and once again took everyone back to the thought that things are<br />
going drastically downhill.<br />
The temperatures in the pits reached a suffocating 50 degrees and dust<br />
was the order of the day, while the exhaustively long tests were far from<br />
popular with the riders, but once again it separated the men from the<br />
boys and the battles became fiercer than ever as the end of the season<br />
creeps onto the horizon. Steve Holcombe stamped his authority with
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