Tour de Thailand - Bicycling in Thailand Forum

What Should I Bring on the Tour? (/faqs/general-faqs/what-should-i-bring-on-the-tour.html)
Here is the gear we recommend you bring on a Tour de Asia bike tour.

• Three pairs of bike shorts (laundry service not avaialble at all stops)
• One dress shirt and one casual shirt for evening activities
• One long sleeve shirt (for cool mornings)
     
• Four (or more) pairs of socks (preferrably coolmax or something that wicks away water!)
• One pair of semi-respectable dress shoes
• One pair of sandals or other casual footwear
• Bathing suit (for relaxing by the pool or dipping in the ocean)
• Bicycle Helmet
• Bike shoes
• Bike gloves
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen (we reccoment Coppertone Sport Suncream, not available in Thailand, so bring a bottle with you!)

While our rides are all during daylight hours, we do have one night tour (in Ayutthaya, in the Northern portion of the trip) and you might want to use your bike at night to get around some of the places we stop at, so we do suggest you bring a headlight and taillight just to be safe.

You will be supplied with 2 water bottles as a part of your welcome package and we encourage you to use them to rehydrate yourself between our frequent water stops. We kindly ask you to consider not wearing backpack hydration systems as it covers up the logos of our sponsors--the people who are so generously paying for your hotel and meals.

Bring as little as possible! Most of what you need you can buy in Thailand, it's the same name brands you know from home and you can buy it a lot cheaper than at home!