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  • December YEAB 2011

    Hey Everyone, So we have been super lucky this year.  This is  the second year that we have provided Youth Earn-a-Bike year-round and it has been a success.  Even now as December is beginning we have kids knocking down our door wanting to wrench on bikes which is a wonderful thing.  Last month in November Read more

  • Holiday Closings THIS WEEK (11/21-11/26)

    Hello everyone, So there is a federally recognized holiday this week, which means there are going to be some cancellations of our schedule here at the shop.  So hopefully your bike is good to go and you can spend this week riding instead of hanging out here.  Or if you are the holiday celebrating or Read more

  • Friday Opinion: Transgender Day of Remembrance (11/18/11)

    ***Note: These Friday articles by Jason X are to get the cycling community in Detroit talking and maybe to connect what we do to other issues currently occurring. The Hub of Detroit is not an advocacy organization.*** Transgender Day of Remembrance I like repeating themes. No one can truly explain the way they think in Read more

  • We are FINALLY done with Chase Bank (11/17/11)

    We’ve been on a path to get our money out of Chase Bank this whole year. There have been hurdles for us because we are a non-profit and a business, so multiple people had to get together to fill out different forms at different times. Finally today Jack had to go through a lot of 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

  • Fender Bender Workdays Announced (Nov. 8th)

    Hey Everyone, I recently told you about our community partners Fender Bender moving to their own new space.  I also wrote about upcoming workdays they would be having at their space in the Commons at the corner of W Forest and Cass in the old UU church building.  Well, I got an email from Sarah Read more

  • Detroit’s Grand Bicycle Map Tradition

    For a recent birthday, I received a framed copy of a 19th-century bicycle map of the city of Detroit. Now that the rumors are swirling about a possible collaboration on a new bike map for the city, it seemed like a good time to pay tribute to the 115-year-old original published by the Calvert Lithography 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

  • Why I do my job – file under “testimonials”

    Hey everyone, Sometimes I need to do a little bit of showing off.  I am pretty lucky in that I get to work with amazing kids every week building bikes.  Actually, they do all the building, I just get to know them and help solve problems.  We really do get some amazing kids coming through 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

  • Thoughts on New Bike Lanes by Jack

    Hey everyone, Here is an article Jack sent me he wanted to share with the world wide web: Thoughts on Detroit’s New Bike Lanes by Jack VanDyke Now that they have been there for a few months, a friend of mine asked me recently if I had used any of the bike lanes in the Read more

  • Scrapping and Fund Raising

    Hey ya’ll, I just wanted to post a quick update to thank some volunteers who helped us raise some funds at the end of last week.  All month our volunteer force has been stripping broken bike frames of their usable parts and sorting metal by type.  It isn’t the funnest job there is, but it Read more