Trail Rider Magazine

6 Wheel Spin U.S. Hard Enduro Fantasy 8 Training and Touring in Romania Another TC.P xpower Adventure 16 KTM Freeride Update Training and Trail Riding 18 Mini Bike Shoot Out   Yamaha's PW-80 vs TTR-90 22 The Importance of Play Improve Your Skills While Having Fun 26 An Overview: Yamaha's YZ250X Another 2-Stroke Off Road Entry 28 Getting the Kids Started Keeping it Fun for Entry Level Girls 34 ECEA Greenbrier Enduro   Pasqua Rolls 35 The Tool Belt   10 Essentials 36 Tusk Impact Wheels   The Best Wheel Deal Available? 37 Yard Sale Enduro Lessons: Take 2 June 2015 3 CONtENtS Volume 45 Number 3 On the Cover: TC.P xpower guide and 3-me Roman- ian Naonal Enduro Champion Paul Frala leads a tour group high in Carpathian Mountains of Romania. Business Info: Subscriptions: Subscriptions are available from Trail Rider Magazine, 387 Linebrook Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 01938 at $25 U.S. per 12 issues (one year). Canadian subscriptions are $53 yearly, in U.S. funds. We're not selling over- seas subscriptions any more. To pay by credit card or Paypal log onto www.trailrider.com and hit the subscribe button. At the online address you can pay with an E-check as well as credit cards or Paypal. You can also renew your subscrip- tion online. Back Issues:A limited number of back issues are available from various years of Trail Rider. Learn about back issues at www.trailrider.com. Advertising: Retail advertisers are strongly encouraged to get in touch with us if you want to advertise in the Northeastern market, because we've got a dedicated, faithful readership of about 15,000 hardy souls, and the number is growing steadily every month. Besides that we like to eat, as we explained above. Adver- tising is what keeps this rag alive, and we appreciate your business. Contributors: We pay $50 a page for copy, and $10 each for photos on assigned race reports. We don't pay anything for fiction or travel pieces, but we'll probably spell your name right. Call us and we'll talk about it. Better yet, send an e-mail. . Thanks! Kevin Novello Bossman Kevin Hubbard Craig Robertson Anna Svagzdys Greg Hewitt Contributors Editorial and Subscription Address PO Box 516 North Reading, MA 01864 Web Site www.trailrider.com Email address Kevin@trailrider.com Published in the USA by: Wheel Spin Productions LLC The advertising deadline for the September Issue is August 24th, 2015. Trail Rider Magazine (ISSN 0892-3922) is published monthly at 387 Linebrook Road, Ipswich Massachusetts, 01938 Subscriptions are available from Trail Rider Magazine at the above address at $25 U.S. per 12 issues (one year). Canadian subscriptions are $53 U.S. yearly. Copyright © 2014 by Wheel Spin Productions, LLC. All rights reserved. No advertising or editorial matter in this magazine can be reproduced for distribution without written permission by the publisher. Contributors: Articles and event photos are welcome, although we assume no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Unless special arrangements are made in advance, all published materials become the sole property of Trail Rider. Periodicals postage paid at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: USPS 850-200. Send address changes to Trail Rider Magazine, PO Box 516, North Reading, MA, 01864.

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