News & Events

  • Progressive Dinner Deadline extended!

    Hey ya’ll, So we have extra room on our Progressive Dinner by bicycle ride coming up this Sunday (May 20th).  So you can follow this link to our WePay site to register or come into our retail shop this week to register for this event.  Registration extended through Friday (May 18th).  Don’t miss out. Food Read more

  • Why You Should Consider Donating Your Old Bicycle

    Since the summer of 2000, Back Alley Bikes and the Hub of Detroit have made thousands of rebuilt bicycles available at no cost to young riders through our Earn-A-Bike program and community partnerships. In 2011 alone, youth participants and volunteers built over 400 bicycles, many of which were distributed to other charitable organizations around the Read more

  • Last day to register for the Progressive Dinner!

    Hello everyone, Have I beat you over the head enough with this Progressive Dinner yet? I haven’t? Good. Anyway, there is only a little more than a day left to sign up. Last year this was go time. We had about 40 to 50 people sign up in the last 24 hours. I’m hoping that Read more

  • LIVE bike tour video #2

    Hey everyone, Yesterday you may have read a post and watched a video of JT from LIVE hanging out at our shop talking about the project he is about to embark on.  He will be taking off on a bicycle to meet with high school youth to inspire them to reduce bullying and violence in Read more

  • LIVE Bike Tour to end bullying

    I’m happy to share some video with you of a new friend of the Hub.  May I introduce John Tre’vor (aka JT) who has started LIVE which stands for: Love, Inspire, Visualize, Experience.  After speaking in schools around Detroit he has decided to take his show on the road and talk to youth throughout the Read more

  • Passport to the Cass Corridor! (9/May/12)

    Hey everyone! So you may have heard about this neighborhood called “Midtown”.  Here at the Hub we call it the Cass Corridor.  It is our collective home. Anyway, there is this website called Yelp! where people seem to like us very much.  They are doing a promotion right now to get folks exploring the Cass Read more

  • Friday Testimonial: Carlisha Johnson (04/05/12)

    Me and the Detroit Bicycle Community: The Story of Carlisha by Carlisha Johnson I got my first bike when I was 8.  It was a blue Huffy.  I was so excited to be able to ride it. I sadly was only able to about four times before it was stolen one night off of the Read more

  • Carhartt Contest (03/May/12)

    I know that many of you may have some issues with what I’m about to post.  If I was in your shoes I might as well.  I’m about to post a video from a large corporation that helps promote them.  The Hub is a grass roots organization with radical ties and we shouldn’t be helping Read more

  • Progressive Dinner Registration is LIVE!

    Hey Ya’ll, I’ve made a few posts about the progressive dinner fund raiser on here that is happening on Sunday, the 20th of May. Well, you can now register online at: https://www.wepay.com/events/147045 The last day to register is Saturday May 12th! Happy May Day everyone, – jason x    

  • Sunday Fun Picture Post! (29/4/12)

    So I’m speaking to you from the past.  The internet has amazing tools where I can write this post on Friday and it won’t appear on the website until Sunday, exactly when I tell it to.  This is great. With that said, I want to share some really fun pictures with you that I received Read more

  • Open House Today! (28/4/12)

    Hey Everyone, This is the final reminder.  Today (April 28th) is our Open House beginning at 4pm!  Our Youth Earn-a-Bike program will be happening from 12pm-3pm like usual.  We will then be closing our doors for an hour to do a quick clean up, have food delivered and scramble around doing last minute things we Read more

  • Bon Voyage to the great Angie Karr!

    Many of you have met Angie here at the Hub.  She started working here as an intern with the University of Michigan’s Semester In Detroit program.  Things worked out really well and we found a way to keep her working here as an Ameri-Corp member. She helped organize the first Safe Streets Youth Ride with Read more