Category: Featured

  • Retail Service Center (11/28/11)

    Hey Ya’ll, It has been so much fun telling you about our great programming and ranting about bike politics each week. The fun has been so overwhelming that we haven’t really updated you about our Retail Service Center in a while. Well, for those of you that haven’t been here before in the winter or Read more

  • Detroit Community Schools

    Hello everyone, As you noticed from yesterday’s post, there is a holiday this week.  That means that our programming office will be closed down the rest of the week.  So I may just skip posting a Friday Opinion piece this week to give you a rest from my ramblings. However, I didn’t want to leave Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Hand Turn Signals as language (11/11/11)

    Hey ya’ll, I spoke a little bit last week about having a “bike language” that can be different where ever you go. In America, we are “cyclists” while in other places you are simply a person riding a bike. In some neighborhoods you are an “environmentalist” riding “alternative” transportation while in another you are simply Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Think Globally, Act Locally

    Hey ya’ll, This week isn’t so much of an opinion, but more of a general way I’ve been viewing bikes over the years. It is a continuation on my comments recently about cycling being a “movement” that really should reflect ALL cyclists and not just one way of riding. I recently read an article by Read more

  • Fender Bender Programming Change

    Hey ya’ll, You may be familiar with a community partner of ours called Fender Bender.  For a while (about 2 years!) they have been using our space on Saturdays for women, transgender and genderqueer specific shop time. Well I have good news and bad news.  The good news is that they are moving into their Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Fat Hatred and Cycling

    Fat Phobia and Cycling By Jason X Last week I mentioned that there are many different kinds of cyclists and ride styles.  Some ride slow while others race everywhere.  Some ride for exercise while others ride because they can’t afford any other form of transportation (some do both!).  The cycling world is full of diversity Read more

  • Detroit News and Trans-Liberation response

    So recently the Hub of Detroit was in The Detroit News. I happened to be the one interviewed. I think often there is a frustration on both parties, both the interviewer and the interviewee, to connect accurately in a short period of time. While I do appreciate very much the time that Marney Rich Keenan Read more

  • 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