Effetto Mariposa launches tyre inserts for CX and gravel bikes

Effetto Mariposa will help to keep you rolling on harsher gravel grinding terrain
Effetto Mariposa's mountain bike puncture proofing now applies to gravel bike rim widths too (Image credit: Effetto Mariposa)

Effetto Mariposa has launched a clever new rim accessory to reduce your potential gravel riding frustration.

Despite their road bike design likeness, gravel bikes operate in a harsher environment where the riding surface delivers a great deal more puncture risk.

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Lance Branquinho is a Namibian born media professional, with 15-years of experience in technology and engineering journalism covering anything with wheels. Being from Namibia, he knows a good gravel road when he sees one, and he has raced some of Africa’s best-known mountain bike stage races, such as Wines2Wales and Berg&Bush.