News & Events

  • We are FINALLY done with Chase Bank (11/17/11)

    We’ve been on a path to get our money out of Chase Bank this whole year. There have been hurdles for us because we are a non-profit and a business, so multiple people had to get together to fill out different forms at different times. Finally today Jack had to go through a lot of Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Hand Turn Signals as language (11/11/11)

    Hey ya’ll, I spoke a little bit last week about having a “bike language” that can be different where ever you go. In America, we are “cyclists” while in other places you are simply a person riding a bike. In some neighborhoods you are an “environmentalist” riding “alternative” transportation while in another you are simply Read more

  • Fender Bender Workdays Announced (Nov. 8th)

    Hey Everyone, I recently told you about our community partners Fender Bender moving to their own new space.  I also wrote about upcoming workdays they would be having at their space in the Commons at the corner of W Forest and Cass in the old UU church building.  Well, I got an email from Sarah Read more

  • Detroit’s Grand Bicycle Map Tradition

    For a recent birthday, I received a framed copy of a 19th-century bicycle map of the city of Detroit. Now that the rumors are swirling about a possible collaboration on a new bike map for the city, it seemed like a good time to pay tribute to the 115-year-old original published by the Calvert Lithography Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Think Globally, Act Locally

    Hey ya’ll, This week isn’t so much of an opinion, but more of a general way I’ve been viewing bikes over the years. It is a continuation on my comments recently about cycling being a “movement” that really should reflect ALL cyclists and not just one way of riding. I recently read an article by Read more

  • Fender Bender Programming Change

    Hey ya’ll, You may be familiar with a community partner of ours called Fender Bender.  For a while (about 2 years!) they have been using our space on Saturdays for women, transgender and genderqueer specific shop time. Well I have good news and bad news.  The good news is that they are moving into their Read more

  • Why I do my job – file under “testimonials”

    Hey everyone, Sometimes I need to do a little bit of showing off.  I am pretty lucky in that I get to work with amazing kids every week building bikes.  Actually, they do all the building, I just get to know them and help solve problems.  We really do get some amazing kids coming through Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Fat Hatred and Cycling

    Fat Phobia and Cycling By Jason X Last week I mentioned that there are many different kinds of cyclists and ride styles.  Some ride slow while others race everywhere.  Some ride for exercise while others ride because they can’t afford any other form of transportation (some do both!).  The cycling world is full of diversity Read more

  • Thoughts on New Bike Lanes by Jack

    Hey everyone, Here is an article Jack sent me he wanted to share with the world wide web: Thoughts on Detroit’s New Bike Lanes by Jack VanDyke Now that they have been there for a few months, a friend of mine asked me recently if I had used any of the bike lanes in the Read more

  • Scrapping and Fund Raising

    Hey ya’ll, I just wanted to post a quick update to thank some volunteers who helped us raise some funds at the end of last week.  All month our volunteer force has been stripping broken bike frames of their usable parts and sorting metal by type.  It isn’t the funnest job there is, but it Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Bike Helmets

    Disclaimer: ***The Hub of Detroit is not a political advocacy organization.  Mostly we get kids on bikes, but there are some politics linked to what we do.  We want our youth to grow up in a world where they are free to move about their neighborhoods in safety!  So with that in mind, these opinion Read more

  • Mechanics In Training Report from Darrin

    Mechanics in Training Report 2011 By Darrin This years Mechanics in training program featured Jacob, Justin, Brandon, and Pierre. Jason X and I selected these participants from out of the Hub’s Youth Earn-A-Bike (YEAB) program. We had more applicants than previous years including several from outside of our programs which was of interest to me. Read more