We flew into Bangkok from Hanoi last friday (2nd March) and started the new part of our trip. We left our main backpacks with a friend in Hanoi and now only have the bare essentials in a small backpack; a couple of t-shirts, undies, one pair of shorts and a few toiletries. It is actually suprising how little you need to get by when thats all we have, I guess it follows the old adage, if you have the room in a bag you will fill it.
We went straight to Probike, a bike shop we were recommended by people on web forums. It stocks all western brand bikes, and has everything we need. We have never walked into a shop before and purchased so much new stuff. We bought new Trek mountain bikes, rear racks, pumps, road tyres, tool kit, helmets, cycling computer, tubes and cycling shorts. All up it cost us about NZ$800 each. Pretty good value for all new gear!!
After getting all the equipment mounted on the bikes we took them for a spin around Bangkok, and after taking a wrong turn we ended up clocking 50km in the Bangkok traffic, oh and we were the only cyclists we saw that were game enough to take on the Bangkok traffic.
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