I was prepared to upend my life for this car

No door handle is in a regular place, no window is a regular shape

With its vicar-riding-to-evensong upright riding position, plus sprung seatpost and suspension forks, it glided me over potholes with barely a jolt

There are design niggles that come from trying to do a tiny bit too much, the way a multitasker never quite finishes anything

It looks as though a super-talented designer were trying to please a millionaire’s 12-year-old

This carbon-framed cycle hired from Armstrong’s shop is more than a match for the hills around Austin, Texas. But can our writer find the man himself?

The truth is, it’s only fun when you’re driving like a bit of a git

The help I get from strangers will run to many man hours by the end of this caper

It accelerates with a Jeevesian obedience – it’s not sure you ought to be going at that speed, but of course it will deliver it for you

If you want a bike that will inspire a child to cycle, this could be it

Let’s talk about the point of those signature air bumps, since they are unignorable

It would be great for a prospector gang, roaming a lawless landscape, unlikely to be chastised for not wearing a seatbelt

Cameras are all very well, but it’s nice to have the option of using your actual eyes

I am something of a lapsed devotee of mountain biking. The Boardman’s job was to tempt me back

It harks back to that 80s principle that being a bit uncomfortable might do some family members a bit of good

It wasn’t unusual to emerge from the vehicle to find a small crowd waiting, hoping for Lewis Hamilton’s autograph

I had been enjoying the Vitus Mach 3 very much before it was stolen

The ride is outrageously smooth: you could go over an elk and only notice in the rearview

The accent is on fuel and carbon economy – relative to the rest of the Land Rover family, of course, not to cars at large

I can get you to 128mph no problem, it seems to say, but wouldn’t you rather enjoy the scenery?