SpiceRoads “Tribal Trails of Thailand – Mountain Biking in the North” Tour Review Article and photos by John Knauss With 6 weeks of Christmas vacation this year, I chose to pack up my Giant Anthem X29 and head to North Thailand for a 10-day mountain bike tour with 4 days extra on each end to [...]
Originally posted as ‘Smart growth’ in Life section of Bangkok Post 5/01/2012. Article by Asst Prof Dr Atch Sreshthaputra Efficient transportation system should top Bangkok agenda as it plans for future. The great flood is finally behind us as we enter the year 2012. It leaves us to figure out very hard about what to [...]
Originally posted as ‘A sight to behold’ in Life section of Bangkok Post 5/01/2012. Article by Pongpet Mekloy Not every flower appeals to both men and women but those of the wild Himalayan cherry, which Thais call Nang Phya Sua Khrong, are undoubtedly among the few. At this time of year, for about a week [...]
Hua Hin to Prachuap Khiri Khan – Bicycle Touring Route Route: Southerly route that takes you from the popular tourist destination of Hua Hin down the coast to the quiet provincial capital city Prachuap Khiri Khan. Download GPS file here (Zipfile contains .gdb and .gpx file formats) Length: 115km Configuration: Point to point. Start point: [...]
Alright people, let’s talk about your bike and how it functions. Bicycles are wonderful, magical, delightfully simple, and fantastically complex machines of perfection. A model specimen of the fantastically complex component of bicycles – derailleurs. A perfect example of the delightfully simple element of bicycles – cables. Both the fantastically complex derailleurs and the delightfully [...]
How to prevent your bicycle from being stolen may not be the first thought that crosses your mind when you are on that quick run to the corner store, but it should be. As the numbers of reported stolen bikes steadily increases across large cities and urban areas of Thailand every bicycle owner should make [...]
If you spend a few minutes looking through our Bike Tours Index page you’ll become acquainted with most of the bicycle touring companies operating in Thailand today. We’ve compiled this page, which lists companies by the region or province where their bicycle tours are offered, in an effort to promote locally based bicycle touring companies [...]
Originally posted as ‘Venting pent-up feelings’ in Life section of Bangkok Post 1/12/2011. Article by Pongpet Mekloy As floodwaters began to recede and the highways became usable again, Bangkok’s downhill mountain bikers did not wait to unleash their long-suppressed desire for gravity-assisted thrill. Last Saturday many of them headed for Chet Khot in Kaeng Khoi, [...]
Spin Bike is this month’s featured bike shop in Thailand. Spin Bike is owned and operated by Khun Wisut Kasiyaphat (Toom), a former assistant directeur sportif with top cycling teams in Europe and Asia. Khun Toom brings his extensive knowledge of road cycling and his own passion for riding to his business. The shop is [...]
As 2011 draws to a close we thought it would be a good idea to show you our 13 most viewed articles during the past 12 months. Funny enough these 13 articles alone consist of 13% of the total pages delivered to our readers. I guess you should take a look at these articles not [...]
Originally posted as ‘Bangkok by night on bike’ in Life section of Bangkok Post 15/12/2011. Article by Pongpet Mekloy The weather is lovely. Night falls early and a number of Bangkok streets are now illuminated with decorative lights. Somehow, traffic after dusk tends to be lighter at this time of year. It is even more [...]
Originally posted as ‘Taking the plunge’ in Life section of Bangkok Post 08/12/2011. Article by Pongpet Mekloy In the column last week I wrote about Chet Khot, one of the two most popular destinations for downhill mountain bikers in Bangkok and nearby provinces. Today, I really can’t help it, I must write about the other [...]
