{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Slow Pedals Vietnam","provider_url":"https:\/\/slowpedals.com\/es","title":"What Our Guides Carry (And Why) - Slow Pedals Vietnam","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HIKgB7nVq6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slowpedals.com\/es\/what-our-guides-carry-and-why\/\">What Our Guides Carry (And Why)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/slowpedals.com\/es\/what-our-guides-carry-and-why\/embed\/#?secret=HIKgB7nVq6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Our Guides Carry (And Why)&#8221; &#8212; Slow Pedals Vietnam\" data-secret=\"HIKgB7nVq6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/slowpedals.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/slowpedals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stay-Safe-on-street-scaled-e1782487135999.jpg","thumbnail_width":2223,"thumbnail_height":1263,"description":"I asked a Vietnam cycling guide to empty his pockets. We were at a rest stop on day three of a tour. Riders were taking photos, stretching, using the bathroom. The guide\u2014Duc, 34, eight years' experience\u2014laughed at the request but obliged. From his jersey pockets alone: two energy bars, a tube of sunscreen, a laminated route card, a compact multi-tool, a mobile phone with local SIM, a radio, a small tube of chamois cream, and about 500,000 Vietnamese dong in small bills. \"That's just what I carry on my body,\" he said. \"Want to see the saddle bag? The support vehicle?\" What followed was an education in what it actually takes to keep a cycling tour running safely through a country where the nearest hospital might be an hour away and the nearest bike shop might not exist at all. Here's the complete inventory\u2014and why each item matters."}