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  • Work day on the horizon (3/2/12)

    Hey Ya’ll, So it is March. In the words of Jack VanDyke, “Wasn’t February just long?” The longest I’ve seen in four years. Anyway, things are beginning to change around here. To get us ready for all of our plans we will be doing some super fun spring cleaning. So mark your calendars for Saturday, Read more

  • Media Update (2/24/12)

    Hey ya’ll, I don’t have much for you today, but I wanted to share some media with you. First we have a bunch of photos (from 2002-2008) that were shared with us from one of the first collective members at Back Alley Bikes – Bec Young.  You can find those photos at our picasa photo Read more

  • Opinion and Profile articles on hiatus (2/20/12)

    Last week I wrote an update on Friday which ended telling everyone to “take February off”. I need to explain that phrase more.  What I mean by that is take a break from the “opinion” and “profile” articles I’ve been writing at the site.  Everything at the shop is continuing to move forward.  However, I Read more

  • Friday Wrap Up (2/17/12)

    Alright, So once again I’m denying you that profile you want to read.  A big thanks goes out to Carolyn who wrote the first Detroit cyclist profile.  I will not let you down though, I promise you that I have one in the works.  I’ve been talking to my friend Thomas and in his words, Read more

  • Benefit Show Tomorrow (Friday)!!

    Reminder to ya’ll that there will be a benefit concert in our Back Alley Bikes space tomorrow (Friday) night starting at 8pm.  It is gonna be great.  Make sure you know how to find our back alley door. The show is NOT in our retail space downstairs.  Everything will be going down in our programming Read more

  • Help us out by filling out a survey

    Hey ya’ll, Have you taken our Adult Mechanic Class before? Well, if you would like to help us out, we are getting more serious about evaluating our programs and making them the best in the universe and would like you to fill out the survey at the bottom of this page. A community organization that Read more

  • Monday Opinion: Guilt (2/6/12)

    It has been a warm winter. I could be some self righteous environmentalist and talk about global warming and the ice caps coming to drown us all, but I’m not interested in that. I’ll leave that to the experts. Instead I bring up this warm winter because many more folks have been riding all the Read more

  • Friday Profile: Carolyn Leadley (2/3/12)

    Welcome to the first of hopefully many profiles on the Hub’s website to highlight a different side of the “cyclist” identity that both stretches and questions what that identity means. As this first profile shows, there are those of us that think Detroit has a unique cycling culture that clashes with mainstream images. So let’s Read more

  • Some fun stuff to check out (1/30/12)

    Hey everyone, I told you a few weeks ago that I was attending the second annual Youth Bike Summit along with Carlisha.  I gave you some updates about what took place there, but luckily the Recycle-a-Bicycle media/promotional team were there to do a much better job.  Here are some links to check out: Opening speeches Read more

  • Friday Post: Benefit for Roger (1/27/12)

    Hey ya’ll, Today’s post is going to be short.  This week a few folks have made me aware of an event happening tonight that I want to help advertise. I don’t know him, but many folks from The Hub community are friends with Roger, who recently was hit while riding his bike.  The driver hit Read more

  • CALL FOR ARTISTS!! art auction coming up

    Call For Artists! For a bicycle themed art auction to benefit The Hub of Detroit/Back Alley Bikes We will accept all different mediums and crafts for the auction but there must be a bicycle theme or incorporation of used bicycle parts. The Hub can provide used bike parts to artists upon request. Please submit a Read more

  • Friday Article: Keeping a Promise (1/20/12)

    I got back from the Youth Bike Summit in New York City earlier this week. Besides getting to bike in Manhattan while pretending to be some sort of idealized super hero bike messenger cutting off taxis and taking my life into my hands in un-needed ways, I got to talk to many great folks about Read more