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RUST magazine: RUST #44

Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it

Just in time for Christmas – it's RUST #44! It's a 120-page wonder, that's bringing you the best in enduro, rally, adventure and even heritage riding. And with a long seasonal break ahead it's great reading just when you need it

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Heritage<br />

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with centrestands dragging, panniers<br />

rattling, radios blaring (in some<br />

cruiser-class cases) or lurching around<br />

on raked-out choppers (some guys<br />

really like to push the inappropriate<br />

theme) – and with not a wired sump<br />

plug in sight – says something for the<br />

Bike Shed’s spirit of laissez-faire.<br />

Now I have a fair history in road<br />

racing, so this is not new to me. But<br />

having retired in 2001 (only to have<br />

ridden a one-off four-hour endurance<br />

race in 2015) it’s been a while – and I<br />

can’t say I’ve been wishing to return.<br />

There’s a lot of risk and so tension, not<br />

to mention expense, involved in road<br />

racing. But this weekend was different.<br />

At the beginning, in practice,<br />

everyone was riding literally<br />

everywhere, in all directions, as<br />

they tried to get an idea of what was<br />

possible with their inappropriate<br />

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