hansomman Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'm staying in Jomtien and my motorbike has low air pressure. Where can I go to put some air in the tires? I have never seen a gas station or place with an air machine in my travels around Pattaya so far. Do I have to go to one of the little garages where guys are working on bikes? I don't speak Thai so I'm worried they won't know <deleted> I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Yes any of those little places although you will incur a small fee that fee depends on how they view you lol. Edited July 25, 2015 by stoneyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiterjim Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I use the car wash on Theprasit 17 and they will put air in your tires if asked. They like to giggle and point at the farang and his silly tire pressure gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytigerbkk Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 At any petrol station, the same as in every civilized country in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansomman Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Anybody know how to say "air in tires" in Thai? That would probably make it easy if I go to a little bike garage/shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Take the cap off the tire and point aimlessly making a shhhhhh kind of sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digbeth Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 In most smaller petrol station, if they don't have automated air machine wher you do it yourself, there would be a compressed air tanks where the attendants are and they'd wheel around serving customers if you asked them, it is customary to tip them 20-40 baht of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Some people are really clueless.... Honestly! Where do I get air in my tyres?.... Does your mum know your out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytigerbkk Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Some people are really clueless.... Honestly! Where do I get air in my tyres?.... Does your mum know your out? Totally agree Tolsti. Maybe he's a product of our digital society and he can't find an I-Phone app that shows the exact location of the air hoses that are in every single petrol station in Thailand. I wonder if he has trouble remembering where he lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansomman Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 So I can wander aimlessly around Pattaya or ask on here and get an answer. I love all the bitter people on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytigerbkk Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 So I can wander aimlessly around Pattaya or ask on here and get an answer. I love all the bitter people on here. Or you could go to a petrol station (any petrol station) like millions of other people have nanaged to do without having to have their hand held. Are you from Iowa by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) OP if you can find your way to Phratamnak 6 Alley there are at least two small motorbike garages in that stretch alone that can provide air for your tyres. Edited July 25, 2015 by Asiantravel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I use the car wash on Theprasit 17 and they will put air in your tires if asked. They like to giggle and point at the farang and his silly tire pressure gauge. Let them giggle unless they are using a guage because thais generally overfill at 40-60 pounds for tubed tires and this is dangerous. 30-35 lbs more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1980 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I normally use one of the pertrol startion on Theprasit on the left as you go up towards Sukhumvit, I have a simple pen type presure gauge and normally let some air out and put to the recomended pressure later as the Thai staff normally over inflate the tyres. hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTee Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 ask the first MoCy driver your see. and try not to forget to breath.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 If you have one of those moped type things,then get yourself A bicycle air pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 So I can wander aimlessly around Pattaya or ask on here and get an answer. I love all the bitter people on here. Or you can ask your Thai wife. That's what the bitter guys do. But they'll never admit to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD13 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here I am thinking is July 26....... When it is The 1st of April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiterjim Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I use the car wash on Theprasit 17 and they will put air in your tires if asked. They like to giggle and point at the farang and his silly tire pressure gauge. Let them giggle unless they are using a guage because thais generally overfill at 40-60 pounds for tubed tires and this is dangerous. 30-35 lbs more like it. 60lbs pressure then proudly slather the tread with silicone tire shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfurcrown Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) I wonder whether the village in Jotiem knows it has lost one own? Edited July 26, 2015 by arfurcrown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 10 baht at any of those little workshops. Trouble is, they put in pressure based on the feel of the hands. Mind you, I always carry a foot pump in the car and it works on my bike just as easily, as does the gauge. I've had a number of 'punctures' over the years. Almost everyone of them was not caused by a nail etc, but the vulcanised connector to the inner tube coming away. My Thai expert tells me that this is caused by riding with under inflated tyres. My view is that perhaps he's right, but I suspect inbuilt obsolescence. An earlier poster pointed out the importance of correct p.s.i. Couldn't agree more, as both under and over inflated tyres can have dire consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 At any petrol station, the same as in every civilized country in the world. I don't know for Jomtien specifically, but around Pattaya many/most Petrol Stations do *not* have an air machine, or at least an air machine that works The main activity of the countless little garages is repairing flat tires ! So they do have air and price is 5 baht for a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 In most smaller petrol station, if they don't have automated air machine wher you do it yourself, there would be a compressed air tanks where the attendants are and they'd wheel around serving customers if you asked them, it is customary to tip them 20-40 baht of course It is customary to tip them nothing! Jeeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkleton Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) go to BigC/Lotus/$Mom+Pop shop and buy a hand/foot pump for a couple of Baht. And not to forget, show them a picture (probably on your SP) of your desired "pump lum". PS: every small repair shop will understand: "check lum khrap". Don't use the term "air" Edited July 26, 2015 by Turkleton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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