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  • New volunteer hours and Kids bikes!

    Just a few quick notes here from our Back Alley Bikes programming space: 1) Volunteer nights are every Wednesday and Thursday night. The times have changed to 5pm-9pm. The first Wednesday of every month is still an orientation at 6pm, so that hasn’t changed. 2) Our volunteers are currently building up Kids bikes (20″ and Read more

  • May Volunteering Update!

    Hello everyone, The first week of May has come to an end so that means we’ve completed another volunteer orientation and volunteer meeting for the month. I want to share some info on what is coming up for volunteers and what we discussed at the meeting. Getting ready for a Give-a-Way The weather is getting Read more

  • Past Intern Stacy, Wayne State Honors College

    “Dear Everyone at The Hub of Detroit, The weeks have come and gone, and my semester is nearing its end. It’s hard to believe how far away that first day I came up those stairs from the Back Alley Bikes entrance is. At first, I didn’t really know what to expect. I wasn’t entirely sure Read more

  • 2010 Mechanic-in-Training Alum Na’eemah

    …on her experience here: “In the summer of 2010 I was privileged to be apart of The Hub of Detroit’s Mechanics in Training program. The Mechanics in Training program allows you to be opened to the unknown complexities of bikes. The M.I.T program gave me an opportunity to meet new people and find my hidden Read more

  • Past Intern Brian, Wayne State Honors College

    “Joe, Interning at The Hub of Detroit has been an experience I will not forget. After hearing about The Hub at the service orientation, I knew it was an organization that I wanted to help contribute to. Over the semester, I have been personally touched by the mission statement and goals of The Hub, as Read more

  • Announcing the First ever Hubsprints! Electronic roller racing season!

    Come on out to the first ever Hubsprints! season hosted by the Hub of Detroit at the Cass Café, every 2nd and 4th Thursday starting at 9:30 pm!  Join us for our first one on Dec. 9th.  Come on out and prove that you are the fastest in Detroit on rollers!  Price for entry is Read more

  • Past Intern Kaitlin, Wayne State Honors College

    “Dear Joe, Spending these past few months volunteering at The Hub has been an incredbile experience. Not only was I able to pick up a few helpful pieces of knowledge about bicycles and learn a lot about what it means to be a non-profit organization in Detroit, you also helped me understand that community needs Read more

  • Past Intern Sophie, UMich c/o 2010

    “Dear Joey, Thank you so much for letting me be the bad boy for life I always knew I could be. In all seriousness, thank you very much for the wonderful experience I’ve had this past semester. I’ve learned a lot and you were always helpful and patient with me. I’m really going to miss Read more

  • Jack and Patrick talk Earthworks Bike Project

    JV: Maybe you can give me a brief description of how the program got started, or where the idea came from? PC: I’m not sure where the original idea came from; possibly a couple things were happening in that direction at the same, but it was really one individual in particular that started talking about Read more

  • Fender Bender March/April Events

    Happy March!  Fender Bender is making sure we’ll be ready to welcome Spring in the next months by offering repair workshops, open shop time to get our bikes in shape, and even a few group rides! Fender Bender is a group committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for women, transgendered, and genderqueer individuals Read more

  • Cone Suck

    After encountering this peculiar form of bicycle malady a few times over the past couple of weeks, I feel compelled to devote some thought to the rather particular phenomenon known as Cone Suck. Cone Suck, defined as the condition wherein the drive-side cone on the rear hub gets “sucked” into the center of the hub Read more

  • Hot Patching

    Hot patching, better known as the practice of setting the rubber cement on fire when patching an inner tube, occupies a special place in the folk bicycle wisdom of Detroit. While it lends a touch of magic to the most basic and common form of bicycle repair, instructions for hot patching “properly” are notoriously hard to come by and advice on the subject varies widely depending upon whom one relies for information.