Having stumbled upon this small, but special little shop in the middle of Josefstadt while researching for this article, we think we may have found a new contender for one of the best (at least most passionate) bike shops in the city. Sure, there are bigger, fancier and better stocked shops, but the familiar and informal service from the owner/chief mechanic/mischievous Mistelbacher, Gerhard Döltl, makes this a special place for any biker. It’s the kind of place you’ll stay and talk bikes for hours – which we actually ended up doing with Gerhard.
The service performed on our bike is thorough, lightning quick, and also cheap at 45€, including a changing of the brakes, a realignment of the gears, and an overall recovery program from the months of winter neglect we’d subjected our bike to. Gerhard concentrates mainly on servicing, but he also sells renovated bikes. As an enthusiastic collector of old road bikes (he’s an amateur racer, too), he has also collected an impressive collection of old-timers.
They specialise in… bike repairs, without the frills and the high prices.
Need your bike repaired? The proprietor, Mr Mistelbach himself, is reliable, friendly and extremely competent. His prices are also ridiculously competitive.
Best pimping item: You won’t really find many accessories at Mistelbiker as it is more of a workshop than a store.
