The best place to buy a used bicycle in Bangkok? Sombat Kanamuji

Are you looking to buy a used bicycle in Bangkok but paralyzed with fear of failure?

Fear not, gentle pilgrim.

Down the back sois behind National Stadium near MBK lies Sombat Kanamuji – by far the best place we’ve visited or heard of to buy a quality used cycle for getting around your neighborhood.

The store – which occupies an old shophouse on Chula Soi 28 in a neighborhood cluttered with old jalopy axles and hubcaps – sells fixies, beach cruisers, road/mountain/children’s bikes, and all other sorts of two-wheelers.

We didn’t see any unicycles but they do sell a super cool adult tricycle with a big basket in the back for foodstuffs.

Many of the bikes are Japanese – prices start at around THB2,000 but probably go into the tens of thousands of baht for the rare coveted finds.

Owner Sombat Jirasatidvorrakul runs the show and his hardworking staff of grease-stained gearheads will give your bike a once over – replacing the brakes, pumping up the tires, and installing a basket if you want – all included in the price of a purchase.

http://www.facebook.com/SombatKanamuji
5-7 Chula Soi 28-30
Buntadthong Road
Tel: 026117832, 0814231438



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  1. I think that bikes are overpriced for Thailand and stuff is not very friendly. Watch what you buy. Normaly i see price 2500 thb for 28″ bicycyle in good condition, here you pay 4000 thb… had long talk to get just different handlebar with more uprise. Without barganing should pay 5000 thb for bicycyle what i can get in different places for half of that.

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