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  • Progressive Dinner #3 on August 19th! (9/July/12)

    I’ve got good news, The registration site for our next Progressive Dinner by Bicycle Ride just went live today.  So if you are reading this on July 9th, you can get first crack at registering for the ride next month.  You can go to this post from May which recaps our last event. But maybe Read more

  • Programming Update (6/July/12)

    As I mentioned in this post asking you for bikes, I plan on keeping you updated on bikes donated towards our goal as well as updates on how our youth programs have been going.  So let’s break this down: Bikes donated since June 29th: 14, So we only have 286 more to go! Youth Earn-a-Bike: I’m Read more

  • Retail Shop Closed/Programming Open (July 4th & 5th)

    Hey Ya’ll, So better late then never – The Retail Shop will be closed on BOTH Wednesday, the 4th of July and Thursday, the 5th of July. The good news is that programming doesn’t stop.  I’m in the office right now, the MITs are here working and there will be a volunteer orientation tonight.  Let Read more

  • Want a bike instructor job? Check this out

    Hey everyone, So I’m about to show you a job posting.  We are working on getting an Earn-a-Bike program started in the Osborn Neighborhood in collaboration with the Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative as well as the Rails-to-Trails Conservatory and other groups. If you are interested, just email me (jason@thehubofdetroit.org) a resume and cover letter explaining Read more

  • Help us with our bike drive! (2/July/12)

    So you may have seen a post very recently about us doing a bike drive to make 2012 our biggest programming year ever. Well, if you would like you can help us out.  Say you don’t have a bike to donate.  Could you possibly hang a flier up for us?  You can download our Bike Read more

  • 2012 Bike Drive! (29/June/12)

    You may have read Jack’s post a while back (in May) asking for bikes.  Well, I’m back to do it again in a little different way.  Like any community organization, we are accountable to the “community.”  That would be the folks that come in the door as program participants or as program donors.  If we Read more

  • Bikes of the Instant, Arctic Crossing Edition

    Adventure, intrigue, lax sartorial standards & aesthetically pleasing shifters in this week’s Bikes of the Now for Sale, 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 shop floor. Or come on in & see them all.

  • Welcome our Mechanics-In-Training!

    Our Mechanic-In-Training (MIT) Program is a special one here at the Hub.  It is one where we get the pleasure of being able to hire a few high school aged youth to work in both our programming and retail spaces.  If we say we are about “Youth Development” this is where we put our money Read more

  • We are winning more awards!!!!

    It is nice when we get recognized by folks in Detroit for doing what we do.  Every once in a while you need a pat on your back ya know?  Well, we got another one and we are doing our best to let it go to our heads.  Just kidding, having over inflated egos drags Read more

  • Bikes of the Moment, Zombie Attack Edition

    Dramatic color in this week’s Bikes of the Now for Sale. Check them out!

  • Checking in with JT (16/June/12)

    I’ve only been on two bicycle tours before.  I’ve also gone on tours in a van with a bunch of musicians a few years back.  Both had their own way of connecting me to something completely magical.  There is nothing like waking up in a new town everyday for a completely new adventure.  You never Read more

  • Yoga Fundraiser!

    Hey everyone, You know us – The Hub of Detroit, your favorite non-profit bike shop and community center.  Whether it is shopping at our retail shop, seeing bands play in our education workshop, going on a progressive dinner bicycle ride or riding our Hub Sprintz! you know that we throw some really great fund raisers. Read more