Two Legs Good, Four Legs Better
At a certain point in his cycling career, Velo Vietnam’s Ashley decided to use his powers of cycling for good instead of evil, and became a tandem pilot. This is his story.
Vietnam’s Best Climbs: Ba Vi
For Hanoi-based cyclists, no other hill climb strikes the same sense of fear and foreboding, of love and plain feelgood, as Ba Vi.
Emma Pooley on her Vietnam-Laos Experience
A couple of years ago, Emma Pooley joined us on our Vietnam-Laos-Vietnam gravel bike epic. For the trip she brought her Sonder bike and she subsequently wrote a piece for their Epic Rides 2021 book.
Vietnam’s Best Climbs: Hai Van Pass
This isn’t Vietnam’s hardest or longest climb, but it’s an iconic one. The Hai Van Pass is the bit of geography that has historically divided North and South. It once marked the frontier between the northern Dai Viet and southern Cham civilisations, and later separated feuding Vietnamese kingdoms. It’s not too much of a stretch to say that Vietnam didn’t fully overcome this natural obstacle to its reunification until the end of the American War.
Tyre Choice for a Gravel Epic
Over the last couple of years we’ve ridden around 20,000 collective kilometers from Vietnam to Laos and back into Vietnam on our gravel/road epic ride, all with zero flats. Alongside the skill of those who took on the challenge, tyre choice has a big part to play in this, so here is a run down by Ashley Carruthers of the tyres that have made the grade and survived puncture free.
Northern Frontier: With Added Swithbacks
In 2019 we ran the first edition of our 4 day Northern Frontier ride as a test. The riders loved it and we first thought we’d just stick with that exact format for the second edition, but now we can’t resist adding something rather special….
Podcast: Discover Vietnam
Velo Vietnam’s David Lloyd was pleased to be invited onto the Unfound podcast to talk about the genesis of Velo Vietnam; the development of cycling in Vietnam; the range of riding on offer here including road and gravel bike tours; street racing; food and coffee culture, and much more besides.
Q & A: VELO VIETNAM’S CLAUDE PERZO
From childhood dreams inspired by The Tour, to a neo pro stint and now road cycling in Vietnam, Claude’s story is one of true cycling passion
Western Frontier Coming Soon
Following the first edition of the Northern Frontier 4 dayer in November 2019, its sister 4 stager is now in the making. This epic challenge ride will feature a set of KOMs along the stunning border with Laos.
Gravel Bike Adventures in Laos
Our most adventurous ride to date, around 2000k and 24000m gain taking our gravel bikes through spectacular Laos and back into Vietnam and VV’s spiritual home of Hoi An.