News & Events

  • We are hiring in the Retail Shop!

    Hello everyone! I posted on our facebook a few weeks ago that big news was coming. This post is the first of what is to come. We are hiring someone to work in our retail shop. See the job description below if you are interested or know someone that is: Customer Service Representative/ Shop Mechanic Read more

  • Past Intern Stacy, Wayne State Honors College

    “Dear Everyone at The Hub of Detroit, The weeks have come and gone, and my semester is nearing its end. It’s hard to believe how far away that first day I came up those stairs from the Back Alley Bikes entrance is. At first, I didn’t really know what to expect. I wasn’t entirely sure Read more

  • Adventure Cycling Association Presentation / Complete Streets Workshop Details!

    Adventure Cycling Association Presentation: Join Adventure Cycling Association — North America’s largest cycling membership organization — for a special presentations in Detroit with Executive Director Jim Sayer who will speak on the joys of bicycle travel, and cool projects happening at the national and state levels. Jim will touch on Adventure Cycling’s newest bicycle routes Read more

  • Bike Friendly News: Congrats to the LMB, Wheelhouse, and OmniCorp, and CSC Workshop!

    Congrats to our neighbors at OmniCorpDetroit and the Wheelhouse, both winners of Bicycle Friendly Business awards in the latest round of recognition from the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly America program! The League of Michigan Bicyclists also picked up the Alliance for Biking and Walking’s “Winning Campaign of the Year” award, for their success Read more

  • So I come to work today and…

    …Jack has just come back with the trailer from a run down to our friendly neighborhood bicycle parts supplier, Detroit Cycle Supply Co., and look what they threw in with our tube order!                                       I’m kidding, of Read more

  • Incinerator Meeting Thursday!

    Text Below from the freep: “The City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority will host public hearings Thursday on the Brownfield Tax Credit for the Detroit incinerator. An informational session will be held at 5:30 p.m. The hearing on Detroit Thermal, which would purchase steam from the incinerator, begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed Read more

  • March Volunteering (and Feb. recap)

    Hello volunteers! If you missed February or were only around for part of it, let me tell you about it: – The “parts hallway” is now cleaned up. It has some work to go but there aren’t piles of debris on the ground. It is beautiful. – We scrapped over $400 worth of metal. This Read more

  • 2010 Mechanic-in-Training Alum Na’eemah

    …on her experience here: “In the summer of 2010 I was privileged to be apart of The Hub of Detroit’s Mechanics in Training program. The Mechanics in Training program allows you to be opened to the unknown complexities of bikes. The M.I.T program gave me an opportunity to meet new people and find my hidden Read more

  • 2010 Volunteering Recap

    Hello my friends and comrades, Things have gotten away from me at the end of the year. During this holiday time I’ve been busy with both my given and chosen family while trying to hold things together at the bike shop. I hope to have some more energy after vacation here to make 2011 a Read more

  • Past Intern Brian, Wayne State Honors College

    “Joe, Interning at The Hub of Detroit has been an experience I will not forget. After hearing about The Hub at the service orientation, I knew it was an organization that I wanted to help contribute to. Over the semester, I have been personally touched by the mission statement and goals of The Hub, as Read more

  • Announcing the First ever Hubsprints! Electronic roller racing season!

    Come on out to the first ever Hubsprints! season hosted by the Hub of Detroit at the Cass Café, every 2nd and 4th Thursday starting at 9:30 pm!  Join us for our first one on Dec. 9th.  Come on out and prove that you are the fastest in Detroit on rollers!  Price for entry is Read more

  • Past Intern Kaitlin, Wayne State Honors College

    “Dear Joe, Spending these past few months volunteering at The Hub has been an incredbile experience. Not only was I able to pick up a few helpful pieces of knowledge about bicycles and learn a lot about what it means to be a non-profit organization in Detroit, you also helped me understand that community needs Read more