Category: General News

General crunching and grinding noises from The Hub.

  • Saturday Hours: 12-6pm, Detroiter.com Remembering Woody.

    We will be opening the retail shop on Saturday at 12pm to accommodate the schedules of collective members and staff attending Woody Miller’s memorial services on Belle Isle (9:30-11:00am starting at Belle Isle Beach). For those who may have met Woody one place or another, but felt like there was more to him that what Read more

  • Woody Miller Memorial Service and Ride @ Belle Isle

    Got this in an e-mail from Reg McGhee today, about services for Woody “Hi friends. By now you know that Woody’s memorial service is going to be this Saturday on Belle Isle starting at 9:30am. We’ll be on the Detroit side of the island, just past the beach on the way to the bridge. We’re Read more

  • 2nd Annual Safe Streets Youth Ride, August 28th 2010!

    Thank you to everyone who made the 1st Annual Safe Streets Youth Ride an incredible success! Your donations and support keep the youth education programs at The Hub of Detroit going strong. Everyone had a blast cruising with signs and streamers through Eastern Market, The Heidelberg Project, the Riverwalk, and downtown!  Check www.thehubofdetroit.org for the Read more

  • [2nd UPDATE: Phone Service Restored!] Phone outage over the weekend! Email or stop by!

    [[UPDATE, 8/10/10, pt. 2]] Fully functional again and going through your voicemails to try and get back to all of you lovely people who left us messages! Thanks again for your patience! -JDR We’ve got phone service again during shop business hours! If you get the voicemail and you have an inquiry about a repair, Read more

  • Woody Miller: We'll Always Remember You [UPDATE: AUG 14th Belle Isle]

    [Update on Memorial, from Dave Miller and Reg McGhee, courtesy Facebook:] Time: August 14 · 9:30am – 11:00am Location: Belle Isle Beach “Join family and friends in celebrating the life of Woody Miller (September 28, 1944 – July 17 2010). Woody was an avid cyclist: serving on the board of The Hub of Detroit, mentoring Read more

  • Bike Give-a-Way the final tally

    Hey everyone, This will be the last post I make on our “Freedom Bike Give-a-Way.” Our last pick up day was yesterday where we gave away the rest of the bikes we had built up. We do have some 20″ and smaller bikes in our warehouse that would take some considerable mechanic time, so look Read more

  • Bike Give-a-Way update!

    Hello Everyone, I apologize for not being more clear in my previous messages out to the community about where to get vouchers and how to redeem them. We also had our first Give-a-Way pick up time today, so let me recap how that went and what the next steps are: Today, we gave away 85 Read more

  • Bike Give-a-Way update for voucher holders and bike builders

    The past few weeks have been a roller coaster of rad people really wanting to get kids on bikes! The response to get vouchers has been overwhelming which is great! But because of this we need some help and understanding: For those of you with vouchers or are trying to get vouchers for a bike: Read more

  • Free Childrens Bikes Given Away in July: Built by the Whole World.

    Free Childrens Bikes Given Away in July: Built by the Whole World. In June 2010, the Second United States Social Forum is taking place in Detroit with the motto, “Another World is Possible, Another US is necessary.”  People from all over the world are coming to Detroit to work on projects and unlike other conferences, Read more

  • NEWS UPDATE part 2: Now Hiring – Youth Educator

    This summer is already here at the HUB. We are BUSY! This week is the last week for kids in Detroit Public Schools which means we are going to get even more kids around the shop than we already have. This is great! Also, we have news of a shop in Southwest that some kids Read more

  • NEWS UPDATE part 1: Youth Bike Give-a-Way July 3rd!

    Hey everyone, I could write about the upcoming youth bike give-a-way, but I already did, here is the press release: Free Children’s Bikes Given Away on July 3rd: Built by the Whole World. In June 2010, the Second United States Social Forum is taking place in Detroit with the motto, “Another World is Possible, Another Read more

  • 2nd Annual Colin Hubbell Bike Ride Set for June 19th, Traffic Jam & Snug

    Below the cut is the press release for the 2nd Annual Colin Hubbell Bike Ride. Proceeds from registration for the ride support the Colin Hubbell Fund. You can read more about how awesome the Hubbell Fund is below, and if you’ve been to the bike shop recently, you might have recognized the big snazzy rack Read more