News & Events

  • May Volunteering

    Hello everyone! Spring is so beyond here and I’m really excited about not freezing to death everytime I work upstairs in Back Alley Bikes. I think you all feel the same. So now that we are in full bloom, here are a few things I want to put out there for our volunteers to know Read more

  • Detroit Department of [Public Works] to add 30 miles of bike lanes

    Hey bearings, how do you feel about bike lanes? This freep article writes about the plans Detroit ( the last paragraph lists the only city employee commenting on it, if you’re interested in the municipal support implications) has to add 30 miles of bike lanes, starting in Southwest Detroit. Check out the comments section (here Read more

  • Registration Open for Mechanic Class Starting 4/11!

    Hey everyone, Our first Adult Mechanic Class ended on March 21st! We are taking a break in between sessions but while we rest for a minute we are also getting ready for the next eight week session beginning on Sunday, April 11th! Here is how it works. The class is for “adults” (18 years old Read more

  • March 25th: Movie Night Alleycat Benefit

    Announcing the HUB of Detroit Movie Night Alleycat (and Movie Night)! Thursday, March 25th 2010: A two part outing and benefit for the HUB of Detroit! Alleycat starts at the HUB of Detroit 3611 Cass Avenue (Meet near the Back Alley Bikes space. Enter the back door in the alley off MLK) 5:30pm to register Read more

  • The League of American Bicyclists Announces The Hub of Detroit as Michigan's First Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Business!

    Washington, DC – March 9, 2010 – The League of American Bicyclists is proud to announce The Hub of Detroit as a Gold level Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB), in an impressive group of 51 new BFBs. The official announcement was made at the 10th Anniversary National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 9th. Read more

  • Fender Bender March/April Events

    Happy March!  Fender Bender is making sure we’ll be ready to welcome Spring in the next months by offering repair workshops, open shop time to get our bikes in shape, and even a few group rides! Fender Bender is a group committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for women, transgendered, and genderqueer individuals Read more

  • Fender Bender (Women, Trans and Genderqueer night)

    January is so full of fun, it is ridiculous! If you remember, our dear friend Angie ran a few Women’s night events last year.  There was a controversial thread on the topic. Well, some of our volunteers (Liz, Sarah and Vanessa) decided they wanted to put together their own night and even started their own Read more

  • Winter commuting tips from Tim

    There are many challenges facing you when deciding to keep on riding when the weather gets cold, snowy and icy. You can make more excuses to add to Detroit specific problems of huge potholes, stop sign running drivers and the amount of broken glass and scrap metal that litter our streets. But, it’s still so much more fun getting where you’re going by bike, you just have to prepare for it.

  • Cone Suck

    After encountering this peculiar form of bicycle malady a few times over the past couple of weeks, I feel compelled to devote some thought to the rather particular phenomenon known as Cone Suck. Cone Suck, defined as the condition wherein the drive-side cone on the rear hub gets “sucked” into the center of the hub Read more

  • Hot Patching

    Hot patching, better known as the practice of setting the rubber cement on fire when patching an inner tube, occupies a special place in the folk bicycle wisdom of Detroit. While it lends a touch of magic to the most basic and common form of bicycle repair, instructions for hot patching “properly” are notoriously hard to come by and advice on the subject varies widely depending upon whom one relies for information.