Retail Shop News

Bikes du Jour, Shakespearean Run-on Sentence Edition.

Less is more or less more in this week’s Bikes of the Now for Sale, as we deftly avoid an awkward question & ponder the slings & arrows of outrageous fortune. It’s all up there under the Sustainable Practices menu at Retail Shop Information/Bikes of the Now For Sale. You’ll see some of the newly rebuilt bikes on our Read more
Bikes of the Right Now For Sale

Check out some newly rebuilt bikes for sale…
New phone #, hours and reminder about swap meet!

Hey ya’ll, I need to tell you about changes in our retail shop and then remind you about Saturdays Bike Show and Swap Meet. Retail Shop First off, we got new phones. Thanks to the folks that donated land-line phones to us. Now when you call the shop, your call won’t be dropped or missed Read more
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
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
Hub voted Best Bicycle Shop in Detroit…again! Thanks Metrotimes Readers!

We at The Hub of Detroit would like to thank all of our community, the Metro Times and its readers for selecting us as the “Best Bicycle Shop in Detroit” in 2011! A big up to our friends over at Hot Spokes for picking up a nod for “Best Food Delivery Business”, and our Cass Read more
We are hiring in the Retail Shop!

Hello everyone! I posted on our facebook a few weeks ago that big news was coming. This post is the first of what is to come. We are hiring someone to work in our retail shop. See the job description below if you are interested or know someone that is: Customer Service Representative/ Shop Mechanic Read more
So I come to work today and…

…Jack has just come back with the trailer from a run down to our friendly neighborhood bicycle parts supplier, Detroit Cycle Supply Co., and look what they threw in with our tube order! I’m kidding, of Read more
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
Best of luck in Philly, Steve! We're hiring.

It was with a heavy hand that I picked up the phone to say goodbye to Stephen. You see, we no longer have Steve with us here in Detroit. Only in Spirit. He went to Philadelphia somewhere to train for the olympic paddling championships, and best of luck , too! He is gone but not 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
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.