The art of balance

Someone wise once said, “It’s 10% about what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it.” When Dan Fairbrother found out he was going to be a dad, his reaction was to take his Van along for the ride

Words Mark Walker

Picture the scene: you buy a nice T5 Panel Van to help with your mountain bike hobby, then life gets in the way. You can either roll with the punches and make the vehicle you bought evolve to keep up with your life, or sell it and move on. For Dan, it was the latter course of action and his Van evolved not once, but twice, ending up with the tricked-out Camper you see here. The first change to this 2014 Startline Panel Van happened when nature took its course and Dan’s wife, Becky, gave birth to their daughter, Luana. The arrival of child number one in their lives spelt the end of comfortable indoor transport for his mountain bikes, replaced by suddenly necessary things such as seats, seat belts…

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