Y' betcha Andrew, I'll pitch for Hiawatha Cyclery in SE Mpls because without them, I wouldn't be a Rivendell owner. It's a small shop but has more useful gear per square foot (inch?) than any other worth mentioning. I rarely leave without an armful of things.
If you're a coffee lover, Angry Catfish bike shop was just mentioned in the local paper as serving craft-style coffee, I'll be there soon to try a $5 cup of snobery. On-One bike shop in downtown is "interesting" with maybe 6 courier bikes on display–nothing to drool over but they serve decent food and coffee if you work downtown. Not my kind of friendly or, helpful atmosphere, however. Now, Calhoun Cycle in Uptown has stuff to drool over, including the area's best Brooks and Carradice displays and every kind of widget and gadget that iI can think of but the bikes are limited to folding, recumbents and Dutch style. And lastly, Freewheel Bike on the West Bank is probably the area's best big shop with lots of cool bikes as long as it's a Trek, Surly or Salsa. Seriously. Feel free to contact me off line, Sean (Shifty) On Monday, August 13, 2012 5:42:17 PM UTC-5, Andrew Drummond wrote: > > So I'm just outside Minneapolis for the next few days and I'm wondering if > anyone has recommendations for interesting bike shops, etc. to see while > I'm in town. I'm in Plymouth, west of the cities, but I have a car (no > bike, unfortunately) so I can get around. I'm probably going to be working > longish days, so I may not get to do anything, but I'm sure I'll be back > before long - it's a big project, and nowhere near done. > > thanks, > Andrew > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/O0XpaY_EglcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
