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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.
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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.