Originally Posted by
patachenca412
hey timArchy - i'm moving to chiang mai in 5 months. i'm curious about what to expect bike-wise. i've been several times but always shorter visits with no time to ride. got any shop recommendations/websites? have you been to the velodrome? basically, whatever you can tell me would be awesome!
The best advice I can offer is to bring any non-shimano or track specific tools with you. Most of the shops here won't work on threade headsets or campy anything.
Expect to be on your toes all the time. When I ride places I generally ride pretty fast because I'm afraid to ride slow.
Bring a geard bike also if you have one. Riding the city on a track bike is great, but there are some epic climbs close to the city that I really want to try. I'm bringing my geared bike back with me at the end of the summer.
The track is cool. It is locked up but no one has ever stopped me from getting in and riding. It will be good to have someone to ride with.
I'll be back in the states from June 20th to Aug 10th or so. Then I'll be back for another year of teaching. The BKK kids are psyched about riding in chiang mai so hopefully we can have some races and stuff next year.