Reply to Elhigh
In answer to your observation – yes that was me changing down a gear prior to the turn. You didn’t miss details in the build log, as I didn’t cover it in detail. My hope was to make a steering mounted shift system using solenoids or cables, but the complexity got the better of me. Instead I quickly made a long lever which attached to the original (but cut down) footlever. Here is an image
I don’t plan to use this system when I get it roadworthy, but it does work quite well.