I'm going to Bloomington this weekend to visit a friend who goes to IU. Anyone know of good places to ride/shops/places to check out?

Gracias. We have something like that here in Louisville. It rules.

im pretty sure microcosm publishing is based in bloomington as well. they are a distro with a lot of bicycle related zines, buttons, patches ect

i thought they were in oregon. portland to be exact.

I think they are in bloomington as well

I can't believe people actually live in places like that... Unless you're going to visit the porn collection at The Kinsey Institute every day.

You guys could come on up to Indy for this...

Bloomington happens to be a pretty nice cycling town. Good school, great area to ride, and a crap ton of people on bikes.

Not everyone wants to live in the urban jungles/slums.

I'd definitely live there if they wanted to give me a free ride on an academic scholarship for sociology, and an internship at Kinsey. Not much chance of that, though.

Microcosm moved to Bloomington within the past couple of years. They don't have a storefront, but they don't mind people dropping in unofficially, and I think Boxcar handles some of their stuff.

any other things i should see in bloomington?

yeah, i used to say the same about california until recently. just saying, it's a real subjective thing.

come to 710 2nd and fess (address questionable, im sure one of the guys that lives there will chime in any time now) for a good time

we ride on thursdays (today).

What time and how long do you ride? And can the rest of us play, too?

Yeah brah, keep on dissin the midwest, anything but cali sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

most likely, PM me

go to nick's & play sink the biz. lose for me, plzkthx. i spent my undergrad there. if you have any questions lemme know.

if you pm'ed snortcrank you probably already have the information. but we are always open for more people.

music/art/books...

https://www.myspace.com/sweethickorymusicandart
https://www.boxcarbooks.org/
https://www.landlockedmusic.com/

for bikes i like the https://bikegarage.com/ on kirkwood, although i don't like their website. also bikesmiths at 112 S College Ave. there are a few more but i like those two.

food...
soma coffee house at 322 E Kirkwood Ave, and right above it is laughing planet for burritos (vegan if you like) and such. roots on the corner of 6th and walnut is really good for vegan food too. i'm not vegan or vegetarian but it's one of my favorite restaurants in town.

i'm sure if you're visiting a friend you don't need those suggestions, but i thought i'd share.

you could check out where dave stoller and the rest of the gang hung out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joD4CSQRcXY

MY HOUSEEEEEEE

personally, i think you couldnt ask for a better college town. It's great here although there is some animosity between the little 500 riders and everyone else on bikes. at least i think there is.

you should go to the dalai lama's nephews or whoevers restaurant. i've only had tibetan food once, but i dug it.

thank you thank you thank you everyone

i pulled a skid in front of 3 monks carrying shopping bags from the IU bookstore.