News & Events

  • Wheelbuilding class info

    Hey ya’ll, So as the year ends, the Back Alley Bikes office is gonna be empty most days as we take a break.  But I wanted to leave you with this one last web update for the year.  There isn’t much time left, but if you would like to take a wheel-building class we are Read more

  • Holiday Closings (December Edition)

    Hey ya’ll, In celebration of the solstice, or of African American heritage, or of the coming of the Christ child, or…crap, we already missed the Jewish festival of lights!  So many things happen in December we can’t keep up so we are just gonna take a little time off.  Here are the details: The Hub Read more

  • Wild Dragster Model, July 1969

    This is from an article called “Those Wild New Bikes” in Popular Mechanics, July 1969, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/zazdatabaz/4719829727/in/photostream/ via http://boingboing.net/   What really sells it is the RACY THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHAIN GUARD.

  • Hey I found a bunch of old photos!

    So the first thing I am going to say is that you should totally come to our Movie Night Fundraiser tomorrow night.  See ya there. Alright, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, we can move on.  I was cleaning out my desk today and found a CD titled “Wolf’s Photos BAB”.  It Read more

  • Rob Pelkey Fundraiser on Sunday (9/Dec/12)

    Hey Ya’ll, I know that we’ve been bothering you all the time to shake loose any funds you have here.  We’ve got our events coming up we are looking to make successful, but I recently got word about an event this weekend that is very important. You see, Rob recently had some heart problems that Read more

  • 400+ and still counting!!!!

    Hey everyone, I write to you bearing great news.  Last year in 2011 we were able to get 322 kids on bikes through our Youth Earn-a-Bike and Youth Bike Give-a-Way programs.  We thought we really really cool.  I wanted to top that this year and I wasn’t sure if that was going to happen… WELL Read more

  • Sneak Preview of Next Year’s Bikes

      http://www.junk-culture.com/2012/11/victor-sonnas-weird-bicycles.html

  • Welcome back, here are some cute pictures!

    Hey Ya’ll, So Back Alley Bikes took a little bit of a vacation.  Heather and I (jason) decided to take a long weekend after the holiday to hang out with family and re-energize.  I returned to work today and found a great email containing photos of kids with their new bicycles! You see, on Friday, Read more

  • Bikes of the Floor, Cornucopia Edition

    This is a great time of year to pick up a bike, because our inventory is growing in anticipation of spring. So you have many choices whatever your biking style or budget. A few of those choices are as usual highlighted in Bikes of the Now, but you can see them all if you come Read more

  • November Holiday Closings

    Hey everyone, Do you think genocide isn’t a laughing matter?  Not even on Halloween?  Neither do we.  And every year we are reminded that the Thanksgiving ‘story’ didn’t really go like they taught you in school.  However, this is still a time when most stores are closed and families want to hang out.  So we Read more

  • Funny or Touching or Really Pretty Disturbing

    Bicycle taxidermy by Regan Appleton, via  Alyssa Alamurung at inhabitat

  • Dinner and Movies night

    I tend to make events based off what I like.  Luckily, I share some things I like with other folks.  In the past I’ve done a Progressive Dinner by Bicycle Ride Fundraiser.  Turns out that riding bikes and eating food is a win-win situation that everyone likes.  So I’m combining those things a with a Read more