Bangkok's street food economy predates the modern city by three centuries. Floating vendors on Khlong Saen Saep and the Chao Phraya network fed rice farmers and timber merchants long before asphalt arrived. Today, the same canals carry morning markets and neighbourhood kitchens accessible only by bicycle or longtail boat. A bike food tour Bangkok route threads through these networks, connecting temple courtyards, flower wholesale districts, and alley grills that never appear on transit maps. The culinary-themed cycling routes move through Chinatown's Yaowarat corridor, where Teochew roast duck stalls occupy shophouses built in the 1890s. Morning tours pass the Pak Khlong Talat flower market, where orchid wholesalers work under corrugated roofs, and pause at canal-side turtle feeding platforms near century-old teak monasteries. Afternoon routes navigate the narrow sois of Thonburi, stopping at family-run noodle shops and mango sticky rice vendors operating from wooden carts. Each stop reflects Bangkok's layered food traditions: Teochew pork congee, Hainanese chicken rice, Thai-Chinese five-spice braised duck, and coconut-based sweets introduced during the Ayutthaya period. The bicycle itself is infrastructure. Two-wheeled access permits entry to markets closed to cars, pedestrian-only temple lanes, and residential sois where vendors set up on sidewalks at dawn. Guides navigate by memory, tracing routes shaped by seasonal flooding, construction detours, and vendor schedules. A typical morning tour covers eight kilometres, six to eight tastings, and three distinct neighbourhoods, moving between the Grand Palace periphery, the old Portuguese quarter, and the canal-side communities of Bang Rak. The pace is deliberate—fifteen minutes per stop, enough time to watch a vendor grill satay over coconut-husk charcoal or assemble a bowl of boat noodles from twelve separate condiment jars. These tours operate year-round, adapting to monsoon schedules and temple festival calendars. Operators meet at central hubs near Khao San Road or the Chao Phraya piers, distribute single-speed city bikes, and brief riders on Bangkok's left-side traffic patterns. The routes avoid arterial roads, favouring shaded back lanes and canal-side bike paths maintained by district governments. By mid-morning, groups return with basil-scented jerseys and phone galleries full of wet market scenes—the city's edible history consumed one stop at a time.