Great post Chris, some really useful information there for us all to use. This country is superb for biking, and the cycle routes they have here look to be really well set up.

I recently bought a road bike from a shop near to Basel (in Therwil) called Velo-Schrade and would like to give it the thumbs up on this forum. If there are any Baslers looking to buy a bike then I thoroughly recommend this place. They are very knowledgable, speak good English and have a good range of all types of bike.

Happy biking!