Thanks Jack! I didn't know about Student Bike Shop (I left Ann Arbor in 5th grade, in fact). ~Sean
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:49 AM Jack K <jack.keosh...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I head back to A2 there are 3 shops I like to visit, though I'm not a > good judge of how Riv-ish they are: > > - Midwest Tandem: Lots of tandems (doh!) and recumbents and usually > some other interesting velocipedes in the shop to gawk at. Be prepared to > spend some time, as the owner tends to be pretty chatty. > https://www.yelp.com/biz/midwest-bike-and-tandem-ann-arbor > - SIC Transit Cycles: Probably the shop in A2 most like what you asked > for. Good folks, good selection of stuff. > https://www.yelp.com/biz/sic-transit-cycles-ann-arbor?osq=Bicycle+Shop > - Shinola Lifestyle Boutique: Shinola has a showroom on Main St. > downtown that's fun to walk through. Get yourself a cappuccino from the > Shinola espresso bar and enjoy a leisurely tour of chi chi leather goods, > watches and bicycles from Shinola. I can't imagine buying anything there, > but I do enjoy wandering through. > > Since you grew up in A2 I assume you know to stay away from Student Bike > Shop. They've been selling stolen bikes and abusing customers for at least > 30 years that I know of and somehow they're still in business. A thoroughly > unpleasant place to spend any time at all in my experience. > > Cheers, > > -Jack > > On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 12:01:17 PM UTC-4, Sean Kline wrote: >> >> Hi all: I have some free time on an upcoming business trip.and am >> wondering if there are any Riv-ish bike shops in Ann Arbor? Also, any bike >> rental places you would recommend? >> >> I grew up in Ann Arbor (son of a professor) and would love to tool around >> by bike and see what I remember. >> >> Thanks, >> Sean >> El Cerrito, CA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/UaduaezBNf4/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
