Month: October 2013

  • Just to be silly

    Sometimes you just need to add a post to the website to be silly. Here is an animated gif of Heather and I at Tour de Troit. I regret not putting on makeup that morning, but we got there before the sun got up. It was early okay? However, can you tell we love Tour Read more

  • Bike of the Now: Equal Size Wheels!

    Bianchi Limited 1983, Eggplant, 58 cm lugged Ishiwata O22 CrMo diamond frame, 12 speed, 700C wheel, SunTour Cyclone Mark-II, Dia Compe 500 side pull brakes, quick release fore & aft, Aero saddle, bottle mount. $400 Here is a great example of Bianchi’s innovative architecture,  which has been catching on with more & more bike manufacturers Read more

  • Bike the Blizzard Cometh

    Hey Ya’ll,So this won’t be the last time you hear about this, but let me get this out there now. Bike the Blizzard is coming. What is Bike the Blizzard? Well, it is a fundraising Bike-a-Thon to benefit Back Alley Bikes that is a whole ton of fun. You see, this will be our second Read more

  • Bike of the Now: Post Apocalyptic Edition

    Ross Europa, blue, single speed, 50 cm, new 26″ tires, coaster brake, banana seat, riser bars. $115 Suppose the  government shutdown goes on indefinitely, metastasizing into a deadlock on the debt ceiling, resulting in a default on payments owed by the United States, triggering a wave of defaults & an new global recession. Markets collapse, Read more

  • Skillshare with Darrin Brouhard

    There is a saying at The Hub of Detroit. That saying is “Bro hard or bro home!” Actually, we don’t say that at all because it would be dumb. It is really just a way to make fun of Darrin Brouhard’s last name (pronounced bro-hard). Darrin has been working at the retail shop for a Read more

  • CALL FOR ARTISTS!!!

    Hey ya’ll, So some of you have heard of us talking about an art auction for a while. This is a fund raiser that used to happen around here years ago and disappeared for a bit. We’ve finally pulled it together to bring this back. We worked it out that our Art Auction will be Read more

  • Hal Williams

    Hey everyone, Though he wasn’t affiliated with Back Alley Bikes, I know that Hal Williams was known at The Hub of Detroit and with many riders in the city. So I’m sorry I have to share the bad news of his murder. There is an article over at Mode Shift talking about why he was Read more