RUST magazine: RUST#32
RUST 32 SCRAMBLER – Triumph and Ducati Scramblers take on a cool, wet British autumn KTM Freeride 250F – KTM’s new Freeride has learned its lessons, this one performs! KTM 200EXC – one for the enthusiasts as we check out the tuning capabilities of this clubman favourite ENDUROGP – a year end like no other as the paddock splinters… Plus so much more in this 98-page mega issue... What you’ll notice straight away is the all-new look. A month ago we launched our all-new website, now the magazine gets a top-to-bottom overhaul. And there’s still more to come, so much more. You wait ‘til 2018! Anyway, in the meantime, there’s some great reading in this issue, we’ve got a great mix of stories that we know you’ll enjoy reading (and looking at). And so if you can, do try to read it on a tablet at least, but preferably on a big screen (yeah, with retina display) as the images truly deserve it. Yep, it’s a big issue. But no time to talk, we’ve got yet another issue to prepare right now – so stand by for that one, too. Happy reading and best wishes for the festive season. Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)
RUST 32
SCRAMBLER – Triumph and Ducati Scramblers take on a cool, wet British autumn
KTM Freeride 250F – KTM’s new Freeride has learned its lessons, this one performs!
KTM 200EXC – one for the enthusiasts as we check out the tuning capabilities of this clubman favourite
ENDUROGP – a year end like no other as the paddock splinters…
Plus so much more in this 98-page mega issue...
What you’ll notice straight away is the all-new look. A month ago we launched our all-new website, now the magazine gets a top-to-bottom overhaul. And there’s still more to come, so much more. You wait ‘til 2018!
Anyway, in the meantime, there’s some great reading in this issue, we’ve got a great mix of stories that we know you’ll enjoy reading (and looking at). And so if you can, do try to read it on a tablet at least, but preferably on a big screen (yeah, with retina display) as the images truly deserve it.
Yep, it’s a big issue. But no time to talk, we’ve got yet another issue to prepare right now – so stand by for that one, too.
Happy reading and best wishes for the festive season.
Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)
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EnduroGP 2017<br />
THE CHAMPS<br />
ENDUROGP<br />
STEVE HOLCOMBE<br />
(GBR – Beta)<br />
Britain’s Steve Holcombe is so good<br />
that he made winning the EnduroGP<br />
class look easy.<br />
Throughout the season it was very rare<br />
to see Holcombe put a wheel out of line<br />
– or make any mistakes whatsoever.<br />
The smooth, almost trials-like, riding<br />
that he displayed when he first arrived<br />
on the world scene in 2015 has been<br />
adapted over the years and he now<br />
incorporates a more aggressive style,<br />
especially when riding on his favoured<br />
terrain – mud. Last year, when Steve<br />
won the E3 title in only his second<br />
season in the world championship,<br />
he was just 20 points away from<br />
becoming scratch champion.<br />
Determined to prove he could beat<br />
the strongest riders in the world, he<br />
entered the newly created EnduroGP<br />
class. Starting 2017 on a high with a<br />
remarkable second place in Finland,<br />
he went on to achieve one of the most<br />
consistent performances ever seen,<br />
with 13 podiums and a worst finish<br />
of fifth place. Try as they might, his<br />
rivals – the likes of Loic Larrieu, Nathan<br />
Watson and Matthew Phillips – simply<br />
couldn’t topple him. The 23 year old<br />
has the steely determination of a<br />
champion coupled with a sheer love of<br />
having fun on his bike. It has proved to<br />
be an extremely strong combination<br />
and after two titles on the bounce,<br />
the youngster from Devon has firmly<br />
put himself into the realms of Enduro<br />
Superstar.<br />
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