I try not to use any form of transport for getting around Patong, I leg it every time. On the very very few occasions I need to use a bike, theirs a group of women motor bike taxis 150m up the road. The few times I've used them over the years they've always been very polite and given me a decent price. Wouldn't it be great if all the motorbike taxi guys were binned & a mass take over by the ladies. If that would ever happen the punters using these services would at least double. (services for the bikes I mean?).