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  • Things to know for this weekend (18/April/14)

    Hey everyone, Here are a few things to point out about this weekend: Sunday’s Adult Mechanic Class is happening. So there is a Christian holiday this weekend. There are a lot of Christians in Detroit and our country, so chances are – a lot of you are celebrating Easter. Regardless, we’ll still be having class Read more

  • Open House and Garage Sale

    Greetings everyone, So it is April and spring is here! This means that things are going to start accelerating at Back Alley Bikes. We’ll be hiring summer staff, expanding our programming, having more events and riding our bikes! To help kick all this off we wanted to get ya’ll ready for the coming warm season Read more

  • Youth Voices Needed!

    Our friend Todd Scott tipped us off to an opportunity for the youth that come to our shop. So if you are one of our youth participants or a family member of, please consider the following information. Coming up (date TBA), Detroit City Council will be considering some ordinances that effect youth riding bicycles within Read more

  • Today in available bike jobs (1/April/14)

    Hey Everyone, I got this job description sent to me from our friends at Southwest Rides: Bikes and Boards. This is a cool organization that I’ve volunteered with in the past. They are looking for someone to run their new shop. Check it out: Job Description Title: Head Bicycle Mechanic/ Operations Manager Department: Southwest Rides Read more

  • Detroit Bike City Special Mechanic Class

    This is the week! This Thursday starts North American Bicycle Week; an event put together by Detroit Bike City. Click on that North American Bicycle Week link above to check out the full schedule of everything happening and get involved! There has to be at least one event you want to attend. How we’ll be Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit Experience by Ian Easton

    So you read the post by Omari talking about his experience at the Youth Bike Summit. Up next is Ian. I spoke with Ian after he sent in his writing and he expressed that the Sunday visioning session to end the summit was the part that left the biggest impact on him (after meeting all Read more

  • Thanks Lainey & Fraser Bicycle!

    Below you will see a wonderful piece of mail we received from one of our donors Lainey.  Last month I posted about Pedal for a Purpose put on by Fraser Bicycle. The event took place on March 8th and Lainey got a team together to ride for Back Alley Bikes. The team took turns riding Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit Experience by Omari Norman

    You remember Omari? He sent in those photos to share from the Youth Bike Summit. Well Omari put some words to his experience as well. I (jason) did some light editing, added links and made some text bold that really stuck out to me. So the emphasis is mine, but the experience is all Omari’s. Read more

  • Online donations and 501(c)(3) update (12/March/14)

    Hello everyone, It is that time of year when folks are doing their taxes and really thinking about money. As a non-profit we are always thinking about money. I wanted to address two things regarding Back Alley Bikes in this regard: online donations and our 501(c)(3) status. Online Donations First off – thank you to Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit photos by Omari Norman

    Hey ya’ll, So I told you we would have updates from our youth that went on the Youth Bike Summit trip with us. I lied a little bit. They were asked to write up a summary of their experiences, but like most teenagers when we gave them extra work to do they were all like… Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit (Summary)

    Hey Everyone, So we’ve been back from the Youth Bike Summit for four days and we haven’t said anything. WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING? Well, we drove all day on Monday so Tuesday involved a lot of sleeping. The past few days have been getting back to work here at the shop and reflection on Read more

  • Youth Bike Summit Weekend

    Hello everyone, As you may know, since it is Friday, February 14th – we are right now headed to the Youth Bike Summit in NYC. There is a crew of six of us going and we are super excited. When we get back we’ll have some amazing updates about it. This trip will impact Back Read more