There are several small bike shops
around the area. The shops do tend to
have used bikes for sale but often not
many. I visited shops in Brugg, Stilli,
Dottingen and Klein Dottigen.  I found
that bike prices can be very high so it
may take some shopping around to find an
inexpensive bike. The first bike I bought
was in Stilli. It cost 60 SF

VELOREP
Fahradservice 056 284 11 20
Reto Machler
Widumstrasse 7, Stilli

The owner was very nice. I just took the bus
to Stilli and wandered around until I found
the place. I think Frau PulverMueller had
recommended the place and may have called ahead.
I knew that they had a couple of used bikes for sale.


I then bought a couple of bikes in Klein Dottingen. You can
take the bus from PSI (north). Klein Dottingen is just before you go
over the river and enter Dottingen.  The bike shop is about 1/2 mile
out of the town center. It is a fairly large bike shop by Swiss standards.


KEWA RAD
Haupstr 58
Klein Dottingen
056 245 58 55

This guy was always promising to dig out used bikes from
his various wharehouses but he never did.  He gave us
a couple of bikes to use in the interim. In the end I paid him
100 SFR per bike to rent three bikes for a month. I was happy with this
arrangement because the bikes were a better quality and we did
end up using them to travel the area which of course is very hilly.


I did all the transactions in German. I would think that whomever is
now in the PSI front office could make some calls.  I did find that
the service is rather leisurely at KEWA. I ended up hanging out while
the guy dealt with other customers etc. but in the end I was
very happy with the arrangements.

I notice that rental of bikes at the train station seems to be about
25-30 SFR/day. There may be a better rate by the week.

If you buy a bike in Switzerland, don't forget to buy the "vignette"
(sticker) which costs 5 CHF and is your mandatory liability
insurance (if you hurt a pedestrian, damage acar, etc...).
The bike shops can sell you this.