News & Events

  • Winter is Coming: Weather it with Back Alley Bikes

    Hey folks, so there’s snow on the ground but winter doesn’t officially start until the Solstice, which is December 21st. So, until then, know that we’ll be around to help you weather the storms of this cold fall season. We have a number of events in the winter to keep you active. 

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  • Fundraising Challenge!

    We are participating in the Rise Detroit Fundraising Challenge. It’s really exciting, but we need your support! You can find our fundraising on our Facebook page, or on our twitter, or right here. You can support us either by directly donating, or by spreading the word and soliciting donations on our behalf. Our goal is Read more

  • The Big Jobs Post

    Looking for work? Want to work at the mysterious, illustrious Back Alley Bikes? Keep your peepers peeled then folks, as we’re hiring! Part-Time Offsite Program Manager with grant-writing abilities. This position will expand to be a full-time one in the spring, sooner depending on ability to win grants and develop partnerships. Part Time Program Leader: Read more

  • Collective Member Drive!

    What exactly is “the” collective? The collective is a committee that operates under the Board of Directors. The collective handles more active and regular organizational responsibilities like higher-skill level volunteer support, on-call volunteer support, advisory duties in relation to the strategic and programming goals of the organization, as well as material resources and networking on Read more

  • Mechanics-in-Training 2014

    The Mechanics in Training have almost finished their summer crash-course in bike mechanics. They’ve learned how to re-cable Gyro brakes and they’ve completely rebuilt at least 2 bikes. They’ve been steadily practicing their teaching skills, and l learning to troubleshoot (on their own!) during Earn-a-Bike. This year we have three students who have never participated in Read more

  • Saturday Youth Ride Club – NEW HOURS!

    We’ve changed the hours of our weekly ride, making it a little later in the day. In case you haven’t already heard about the youth rides, here’s some information: That’s right folks, it’s time for our  summertime ride club! Have you ever  been to Youth Earn A Bike ? Is your new  bicycle all fixed up Read more

  • Holiday Closures

    Hi Friends! Next week, July 4th, is Independence Day! Back Alley Bikes is going to cancel programming and be closed in general, and so will the Hub of Detroit! So, go bbq or like, use your bike to do fireworks. Like this guy!

  • Saturday Youth Ride Club!

     That’s right folks, it’s time for our    summertime ride club! Have you ever      been to Youth Earn A Bike ? Is your new  bicycle all fixed up and ready to ride, but  now you have all this free time on  Saturdays and nobody to ride bikes with?  Well, not to worry, because during Read more

  • Dinner Roll: A Progressive Dinner Ride

    In case you didn’t notice, there’s a little box on the upper-right hand corner of our website advertising registration for this awesome event, where we combine two of humanity’s greatest loves: Bikes and Food. You eat to ride, and we ride to eat! Registration closes soon (Next Sunday! June 1st!) so make sure you purchase Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit Experience by Shamar Johnson

    There is a phrase, “Better late than never.” Shamar really pushed that one to the limit this time. A group of us from Back Alley Bikes returned from the Youth Bike Summit in NYC about 3 months ago. We asked the youth to share their experiences with us. You can read both Omari’s and Ian’s Read more

  • Event Calendar

    Hey everyone, Sometime in the past few days our event calendar crashed. We’ve tried reactivating it to get it working, but that hasn’t worked. We are working on getting it back going. Until that time, for those of you that want to know what is coming up, check out our program information on this site Read more