News & Events

  • Fast & Brisk Group Rides on Wednesdays At 6:00 – Rain or Shine!

    Starting this week, we’re having group rides every Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 starting at the Hub. These aren’t the leisurely rides that we sometimes enjoy – one of these rides is being led by Big Joe, who will be setting a pretty fast pace, something like 15 – 20 mph. The group will go Read more

  • Bikes of the Now You See It, Now You Don’t

    A lot of turnover in Bikes of the Now lately – many of the bikes recently featured are now cruising the streets with their new owners.  You can admire them in Bikes of the Then, or at the bottom of Bikes of the Now. But at the top you’ll see some new arrivals, like a Read more

  • Next Month: Youth Ride Club Begins

    Hey everybody! Spring is definitely here and people everywhere are dusting their bikes off to get riding again. Well, we are looking for all those youth aged 10-17 to get riding with us. Like last year, we will be having a ride every week throughout the summer. This year though, we are changing our ride Read more

  • Help Olivia Out (3/April/13)

    Editor’s note: Olivia has been volunteering at Back Alley Bikes for years and also worked at the Osborn Earn-a-Bike program last summer. She is pretty awesome and we think she is worth a vote as she pursues her dream job. Hey Everybody: It’s not very often that we do posts on this site that are Read more

  • Bikes of the Now, Super Beefy Diamond Point Powder Coat Edition

    The latest Bikes of the Now features a particularly loaded Volkscycle & one of our first fresh powder coats. Check them out!

  • Southwest Rides: help our friends out

    by Joey Steinberger (Semester In Detroit Intern) Hey bikers of Detroit! A new bike shop is springing up in Southwest Detroit! Southwest Rides is a summer bike club that teaches youth in Southwest Detroit how to repair bikes and safely ride. Southwest Rides started five years ago out of a garage attached to the All Read more

  • Bikes of the Now, Reynolds 531 & Grammar Nazi Edition

    You’ll find a link to a review of ThickSlick tyres (it’s a British review) in the new edition of Bikes of the Now, because they’re on  a Trek racer we just put on the floor. With its Reynolds 531 frame & some high-end components, chances are it won’t be there for long. We’re also featuring Read more

  • Back Alley Bikes is Hiring

    Hey everyone, If you are interested in one day having a dumb picture of you working with bikes posted on this website, this is your day. No, but seriously, we are looking for a few more folks to work for Back Alley Bikes. Of course you can always volunteer, but if you want to get Read more

  • 120 Bikes And Counting

    You may have noticed all the bikes on the floor in Jason’s recent photo-tour of our newly remodeled shop – we’ve never had so many. But those aren’t all. There are yet more upstairs. Just follow the mysterious sign, apparently lettered by Celtic elves – or perhaps that tagger who keeps hitting Tomboy Market,  in the Read more

  • Bike Tech Returns on March 26th

    Hey ya’ll, So I got some fresh information for you from the Back Alley Bikes office. We are excited to have partnered with the Detroit Public Library’s HYPE Teen Center over the past year to provide a program called Bike Tech. Bike Tech is a program for teens that takes place at the HYPE Teen Read more

  • Retail Shop Improvements (Feb/28/13)

    Hey everyone, I’m here to introduce you to a whole new world. That world is the new and improved Hub of Detroit. I got plenty of pictures which you love. I’m also saying goodbye to updates on The Hub. What that means is that I (Jason) will only be updating you on Back Alley Bikes Read more

  • Bikes of the Now – Yellow Edition

    We have a lot of newly rebuilt bikes available right now – our mechanics have been stockpiling bikes all winter. Darrin, having completely remodeled the shop to gain more floorspace, is seen here plotting how to cram still more bikes in there.   Over at Bikes of the Now we’re highlighting a couple of yellow Read more