Category: General News

General crunching and grinding noises from The Hub.

  • 3rd Annual Safe Streets Youth Ride

    Wow that was fast! I just wrote an update mentioning the Safe Streets Youth ride being developed and now we have a flier that you can download and share with the rest of the world.  We also have an online registration site set up for the ride. If you go and register before Aug. 13th, Read more

  • Good News and upcoming events

    Hey everyone, So we got a new website if you didn’t notice.  We’ve been pretty busy at the shop working on bikes and whatnot so we haven’t had much time to advertise it.  So I’m taking this lazy Sunday afternoon to catch some of you up on a little bit of good news. We are Read more

  • Volunteering into July and Youth Give-a-Way recap

    Hello everyone, Long time, no web update. Sorry about that. But I’m back! We just got done with a big project (our Youth Bike Give-a-Way) and we are expanding our youth programming so some schedules are changing. *First, the thank yous* Thanks to all of our volunteers. Over the past two months we have been Read more

  • ***UPDATED: Phone line Fixed! *** If you haven't been able to get directly through via the phone line today (6/7)…

    ***Update:  Phonelines are back up and operational! Huge thanks to all who have been patient with this temporary communications outage!*** /// it is because our VOIP provider is having issues that they are hard at work trying to remedy. Never fear! We can still receive your voicemail messages and will call you back as soon Read more

  • June volunteering and calendar changes!

    Hello Everyone, I have some schedule changes to let you know about. This means more ways to get involved and one day of canceled programming. Sunday, June 12th On Sunday, June 12th we will have a wonderful group of Boy Scouts coming in to volunteer their time and paint our workshop. This is a really Read more

  • Hub Volunteering: Ending May and Sprinting into June

    Hello Hub volunteers, May is beginning to end and we are preparing to sprint into June. I want to give you a preview of things to come (like always). That way if you want to get more involved, you can! Dates to know: FRIDAY MAY 27TH It is the last Friday of the month, so Read more

  • Seeking Donations of Youth Bikes!

    for immediate release: Contact: Bradley Iott andJason Fiedler BIKE DONATIONS FOR YOUTH BIKE GIVEAWAY The HUB of Detroit seeks donations of youth bicycles for its biannual Youth Bike Giveaway. Last year, the program gave away over 100 bikes. This year the HUB will distribute approximately 100 bikes to children ages 4-8 on June 18th and 21st. Additionally, Read more

  • NOW HIRING! Mechanics in Training!

    Hey ya’ll, So we were hiring in the retail shop a little while back there. We hired this guy named Shayne that some of you may be familiar with. Anyway, now we are hiring for another position. Our Mechanics in Training program hires high school aged youth (14-17 years old) to work in our Back Read more

  • New volunteer hours and Kids bikes!

    Just a few quick notes here from our Back Alley Bikes programming space: 1) Volunteer nights are every Wednesday and Thursday night. The times have changed to 5pm-9pm. The first Wednesday of every month is still an orientation at 6pm, so that hasn’t changed. 2) Our volunteers are currently building up Kids bikes (20″ and Read more

  • May Volunteering Update!

    Hello everyone, The first week of May has come to an end so that means we’ve completed another volunteer orientation and volunteer meeting for the month. I want to share some info on what is coming up for volunteers and what we discussed at the meeting. Getting ready for a Give-a-Way The weather is getting Read more

  • Open House April 23rd!

    Not enough news for you from our last post? Well we have more news. Mark your calendars because April 23rd from 4pm-7pm we will be having our Hub of Detroit Open House! This basically gives everyone a chance to come by and see our space, ask questions and find out how they can link into Read more

  • Spring 2011 Retail Shop Overhaul!!!!

    For those of you that don’t know, the Hub of Detroit emerged as a reorganization of Back Alley Bikes in 2008. At that time we opened our retail shop to fund all our other programming. Well fast forward to 2011 and our open-year-round bike shop is ready for its fourth year of existence with some Read more