News & Events

  • Comments on the Absence of SMART Omnibus Service from Woodward Avenue (12/29/11)

    In the weeks since the route cutbacks at the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, I have had the opportunity to continue using Woodward for some of my weekly errands around decidedly less bus traffic. I will admit that most of my trips along Woodward do not involve the use of public transit, but I Read more

  • Winter Bike Give-a-Way Report (full)

    Hello Everyone, You may donate a bike or money to the Hub of Detroit and think to yourself, “Where does it all go?”  Well I’m here to answer part of that question.  If you donate a kid’s bike (20″ or smaller) to us…we give them to kids! For years we have been rebuilding donated bikes Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Charity vs. Solidarity (12/23/11)

    I wanted to talk about a concept that has become somewhat of a mantra to me here at the shop.  A few years ago I went to a meet up called Bike!Bike! where a bunch of us bike co-op types meet up and talk about earn-a-bike, three speed internal hubs, group rides, volunteer orientations and Read more

  • Youth Bike Give-a-Ways (winter 2011)

    Hello everyone, For some folks a big holiday is occurring this weekend.  For others, they are awaiting a long weekend off work.  And then some folks will just be living another day.  For everyone though I wanted to do a quick update. This December we have been building up kids bikes (20″ wheels and smaller) Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Texting Ban (12/15/12)

    Today, maybe I don’t have an opinion as much as a viewpoint. I’ve been hearing about a federal text messaging ban while driving. Michigan already has a law that makes it a secondary offense. A secondary offense is something a police officer can cite you for after pulling you over for another offense known as Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Cycling “Seasons” (12/9/11)

    **As mentioned before, the “Friday Opinion” pieces are not representative of the Hub collective, but simply the ramblings of Jason X.  Feel free to agree, critique or start your own blog.  Thanks for visiting our website though!** Is there a cycling “season”? Sitting here in my office I can see outside and a little bit Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Give Kids a Chance (12/2/11)

    Friday Opinion: Won’t Someone Think of the Children! ***Just so you know, up front on this post, it is going to take me a while to get around to biking, but I get there. Trust me okay?  Also, like all “Friday Opinion” articles, these are my thoughts alone and do not represent the entire Hub Read more

  • December YEAB 2011

    Hey Everyone, So we have been super lucky this year.  This is  the second year that we have provided Youth Earn-a-Bike year-round and it has been a success.  Even now as December is beginning we have kids knocking down our door wanting to wrench on bikes which is a wonderful thing.  Last month in November Read more

  • Retail Service Center (11/28/11)

    Hey Ya’ll, It has been so much fun telling you about our great programming and ranting about bike politics each week. The fun has been so overwhelming that we haven’t really updated you about our Retail Service Center in a while. Well, for those of you that haven’t been here before in the winter or Read more

  • Detroit Community Schools

    Hello everyone, As you noticed from yesterday’s post, there is a holiday this week.  That means that our programming office will be closed down the rest of the week.  So I may just skip posting a Friday Opinion piece this week to give you a rest from my ramblings. However, I didn’t want to leave Read more

  • Holiday Closings THIS WEEK (11/21-11/26)

    Hello everyone, So there is a federally recognized holiday this week, which means there are going to be some cancellations of our schedule here at the shop.  So hopefully your bike is good to go and you can spend this week riding instead of hanging out here.  Or if you are the holiday celebrating or Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Transgender Day of Remembrance (11/18/11)

    ***Note: These Friday articles by Jason X are to get the cycling community in Detroit talking and maybe to connect what we do to other issues currently occurring. The Hub of Detroit is not an advocacy organization.*** Transgender Day of Remembrance I like repeating themes. No one can truly explain the way they think in Read more