Mitch's Btown Blog

Bikes, Hikes, Music, Mushrooms

Retired boomer, out to walk my dogs, ride my bike, and hike the forest paths around Monroe County Indiana. Recently found ADHD runs in my family, and apparently gallops in me…

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  • I’ve been working on playing some old guy songs on my tenor guitar, and I remembered this tune, I think I first heard it when Iris Dement came to Bloomington in the 90’s. I liked that the lyrics create an image of an afterlife that comports both with bibilical images as well as my athiest/spiritualist/hopeful…

  • Take Me to the Land of Jazz – Columbia 15367 AKA, Take Me to the Intersection of Old Time and JazzOriginal Sheet Music I had been listening to Lowe Stokes for years, as a fiddler in the Skillet Lickers recordings, before I found this 1928 recording of Stokes and his band the North Georgians. In…

  • This is the SONDORS X, their orginal fat tire mountain bike, which is more than enough the handle the gravel roads, off-road trails, and steep hills in our area (look out McGowen Rd!). This is a heavy duty hard tail, with the 4″ fat tires smoothing out the bumps. The controller and battery are well…

  • The Fold XS is the premium version of the Fold X, and is a beast of a machine, ready to hold a 300 pound person and still zip up any hill in southern Indiana. It sports a 750Watt continuous (1000Watt peak) motor, and a 14 Ah 48V battery, so the Fold XS can go the…

  • We have assembled our first shipment of Ecotric E-Bikes, and are excited to offer them for sale at our shop. We especially enjoy the size, power and fun of the 20″ folding e-bikes, while the 26″ city and offroad bikes are great for commuting, running errands, or just tooling around Bloomington. They offer a great…

  • We are proud to offer SONDORS electric bikes! We are the only dealer/repair shop in our area, and currently have 3 models in stock, the SONDORS X, the Fold X and the Smart Step. All 3 are extremely sturdy, elegant and well built. With plenty of power on the SONDORS X and Fold X (48V/500W…

  • Williamsburg Center, Suite 13121 S. Pete Ellis DriveBloomington Indiana812-219-1324 We (Mitch Rice & my son-in-law Emmanuel Wefunya) run an e-bike shop in Bloomington, Indiana. We are located on the eastside of Bloomington IN, near College Mall. We sell, assemble, service, and upgrade all models and styles of e-bikes. Sondors and Ecotric are the new e-bikes…

  • I began the relaxing hobby of bee petting couple of years ago, after reading about the idea in one of Tom Brown, Jr.’s books. (This is not for you who allergic to bees, you know who you are.) It helps to have love in your heart for the bees, they are very cute, and important…