RUST Magazine: RUST #43

EDITORIAL
CHECKIN’ IN
Mid-season and life is good. The bank balance might not
be, but the quality riding offsets that. I’ve just come back
from the Ryedale Rally (Yorkshire, UK) and simply being
around nearly 170 kindred spirits – enjoying being in the
countryside on our bikes – has done enough to keep the flame that I
nurture for the dirt bike alive.
The checks at the Ryedale will for a long time be memorable. There
were about six of us – Griffin, Steve, Craig, me, Gavin and Lee, riding
over three minutes, so each check we’d regroup and replay the last
section, where we’d crossed swords, where we’d come unstuck, maybe
where we’d shone. And then, when there was time, even sharing
previous experiences on other rides. Riding, talking, sharing. Just
glorious. We were coming from different places, Griffin and Steve were
riding 990 adventures, Craig and I were on 450/250 enduros and Gavin
and Lee on 690/701 big trailies so you kind of took it in turns as to where
you’d be quickest on the course, although Lee I suspect was fastest
everywhere on his 690 – boy, can he ride. For two days this was our
happy little community.
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