Yeah, short distances it’s clearly the winner. The big problem, though, is when rainy season arrives. It usually rains in the afternoon, so unless you’re cool with riding home and getting soaked, you have to leave your bike at work, and arrange if/how to get it the next day…unless it rains again. 🙂

Ehhh, it ain’t so bad – you can easily use Google Maps (and a bit of trial and error) to find a route that’s probably got very little traffic. I often ride from Saphan Taksin to Phuttamonton Sai 4 and probably only 20% of it is on roads!

I had always been wanting to have a bike for a long time but riding a bike in Bkk sounds like a voluntary suicidal. I only got around to buy one after having thought that….
a) I don’t have kids and my cats would not careless whether I’m dead or alive.
b) It would only be a couple times a week.
c) My husband has paid for half of the bike cost so he’s totally on board with me taking all kind of risks. Suspiciously, he’d like to get out of this marriage 🙂

Hey Daniel, unfortunately, I doubt it. Thieves are fast and bold, and you’ll likely find it gone pretty soon. I think bike theft here is quite common – a friend of mine years ago parked a bike steps away from a police box with cops inside, and when he got back it had been stolen. He asked them and they were basically like “Not our job to watch your bike.” lol Might be worth seeing if you can pay someone to park it in their garage/yard/store or something, near where you need to be.

Yeah, and it helps when traffic is going about 10kph…even if you do hit something, you’ll just bump it harmlessly. 🙂 Still, no cause to let your guard down.

Thanks Mojomatt. Yeah, you get a certain amount of weight and momentum and noise with a motorbike that you don’t get with a bicycle, but with a bicycle you can also stop much faster, hope up on sidewalks easier, and maneuver around obstacles (cars, fruit carts, terrified pedestrians) much easier. If you put some effort into finding a route through some back sois to your destination (if there are any), your ride will be much safer and more relaxing.