This is the third year that Dougie and I have entered this event. You can read the tale of last year here:https://v2xs.com/the-vince-2020/ The VINCE is the creation of Austin VINCE (one of the first people to ride around the world) and the event is called the V.I.N.C.E. or Very Interesting Navigation Challenge Event. It takes …
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KTM 950 Super Enduro R
Oh no, not another motorbike blog post !Yes I’m afraid so… I bought this bike last summer and it is still a work in progress but I thought it was time to post something about it and the progress I’ve made. History The 950 Super Enduro R is a limited edition bike produced by KTM …
Trek-OZO Electric Mountain Bike
Welcome to my latest mini-project – building an electric mountain bike… Why would I want to do that….? I’m surrounded by loads of great off road trails, ideal mountain biking territory Unfortunately there are a lot of steep and rocky climbs which are just hard work I’m a “petrol head” so already have plenty of …
Box Trailer
As a close follower of this Blog you will be aware that I had decided to go down the route of a small car plus trailer for my summer shade sail deliveries. The car was covered in the previous post :https://v2xs.com/ford-focus-2/ I was looking for a relatively lightweight (Max 500 Kg gross weight) box-type trailer. …
Ford Focus 2
If you’ve been following this blog you’ll remember that we recently worked on a Focus for Alexander which I have been using as a local runabout :https://v2xs.com/ford-focus/ The intention is that he will take over this car as soon as Laurena passes her test but with lockdowns and other things getting in the way, this …