After pounding the streets a bit more and drowning our sorrows in banana shakes, we remembered a little shop near our hotel that we had seen a few weeks back when we first arrived in Bangkok. So, off we went, not really expecting anything to come of it but it couldn’t hurt to try. After looking at the wheel, the owner confirmed our suspicions and while he couldn’t fix it, he made a few phone calls and was able to locate the parts needed to build us a whole new touring wheel, strong enough to handle the load. Yeehah! We’re back in business…and we didn’t have to bop anybody on the head with a tire pump to do it (though that may have made for a better story 
).
We don’t take plugging businesses lightly but these guys deserve it. Anybody in Bangkok in need of a really good bike shop should head for Velo Thailand, 88 Samsen 2, Samsen Road, Banphanthom.
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January 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 am
Hey guys,
Gareth here. Just reading your site during a rain storm in Trang Sth Thailand. I’m doing a quick dash on the bike to Malaysia for a new Thai visa. That dude at Velo Thailand rocks! He fixed my bike after my Indian epic. He will clean and sevice your bike for 500 baht. I’m gunna do it before i fly home.
Thanks for the mention of the bike workshop. I got the tool board together but unfortuneatly the government came in unannounced and took over the youth centre to run some sort of election (these things happen in people’s democratic repubics) for the week. I had a feeling they might be in there for longer than a week and with time running out on my trip I left. Hopefuuly the kids will make good use of the tools though.
Happy peadaling!
gareth