South Wales-based scooterist, Jason Ude will be taking part in a 24-hour 956.5-mile scooter riding challenge for the Wales Air Ambulance Charity this weekend (July 10th). You can help him to raise some much-needed funds for a well-deserving charity that could be used by any one of us.

The ‘Three Nation Capital Charity Scooter Ride’ takes in the capital cities of Wales, England and Scotland in a non-stop ride against the clock.

The time to beat

During last year’s lockdown, Jason did the same ride for another deserving charity, Breast Cancer Now and raised £1300. He completed the gruelling trip on his Vespa GTS 250 in 19 hours and 20 minutes. Due to ‘Essential travel only’ restrictions at the time he had to have special permission from the embassy of each country to take part in the ride but the lack of traffic certainly helped him to do it in a great time. This year road conditions will have much more of an impact on the trip. The UK is a notoriously difficult place to negotiate on a 24-hour long-distance challenge under ‘normal’ traffic conditions.

Jason’s ride will start this coming Saturday (July 10th) at Cardiff Castle, he’ll then ride to London’s Trafalgar Square, then up to Edinburgh Castle and then finally back home to south Wales for a well-deserved sleep.

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Donations

You can donate to the chosen charity by clicking here, let’s help Jason smash last year’s target.

Sponsors

SLUK will be sponsoring the ride and supporting Jason with some money towards his fuel costs, as will fellow scooterists Steve and Tracey Goodfellow (O’Neil Signs), Tony Bryant (Lambretta Club of Wales) and Darren Groves at Crusader promotions.

1000 miles in 24 hours challenge

Jason’s 956.5-mile jaunt is a grueller for sure but doesn’t quite crack the magical 1000-mile long-distance marker, however, a fellow rider has asked if he can tag along on the ride and has persuaded Jason to add on the extra 44 miles so together they aim to crack it. Of course, having an extra scooter on the trip makes it a more challenging feat, it means you’re having to ride at the same pace as each other, keep an eye on somebody else in your mirrors, have two scooters to fill up and it doubles the chances of having scooter problems or punctures.

Fancy a go yourself?

There’s a thread on the Vespa GTS Owners Club page on Facebook where Peter Green is trying to get a few people together to crack the 1000-mile Iron Butt challenge. You can join in on that one if you’re brave enough.

Track the ride

Jason is planning to have a tracker fitted and running before he starts the ride and we’ll update this post with details of how you can follow his progress.

We wish both riders all the best of British luck for the trip, stay safe and ride hard!