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  • Noel Night Recap (w/ photos from the photo booth!)

    Hello Everyone, Wow, the end of the year is upon us and my mind is spinning. I won’t give you the full run down of everything yet – I’ll write an end up the year update at the end of the month, but we were at our busiest this year! I know I say that Read more

  • Winter Bike Riding Tips (a link!)

    Hey Everyone,If you missed our winter biking class on December 1st, don’t worry – the information is at your fingertips! But instead of writing out everything we talked about during the class, I’m just going to send you to the blog of our friend Patrick. Patrick has been riding year round for a while and Read more

  • Come hang out with us on Noel Night!

    Whoa, big news folks. Noel Night is a really huge party that has been going on for 41 years! There are tons of events all happening the night of December 7th from 5pm-10pm in the Cultural Center / Cass Corridor. This year, we are going to be a part of the fun and we are Read more

  • 20% off sale all of December at The Hub of Detroit

    At The Hub of Detroit, we try to keep prices down on the regular. It is sort of like everyday is a sale. But for this December, we’ll be offering 20% off on all new parts and used bicycles. So this includes: Pumps Racks Bikes Water Bottles Pedals Lights Helmets Saddles Locks and much more Read more

  • Special Adult Mechanic Class Subject! (Dec. 1st)

    So you know about our Adult Mechanic Class right? Well, we’ve been having folks ask us about offering a class about winter biking preparation and skills. In response to this request, we are going to do that. On Sunday, Dec. 1st we’ll be offering a winter bike class. We will be talking about what to Read more

  • Rochester bike drive!

    Hey ya’ll, Do you live near Rochester MI? Do you know folks that live near there? If so you should check out this new shop called Apto Cycling. They do one on one bike fittings for folks and offer mechanic services. But you know why I’m really psyched about them? THEY ARE DOING A BIKE Read more

  • Taking Action in a few easy clicks

    Hey everyone, The internet has made taking political action much easier. Before you had to write a letter by hand and mail it to a representative. Now you can just send an email! There are groups that make it so all you have to do is click a few buttons to send their pre-written letter Read more

  • Holiday Closings in November

    Hello everyone, So we’ve got this holiday coming up where families get together and eat a very large meal of only vegetables and no one watches football for one day. That’s how it goes right? What? I’m the only one that does it that way? Alright, well it is a holiday either way. So here Read more

  • Bon Voyage to Darrin Brouhard

    Today is the day. D Lloyd, D Brou, Darrin, Brou Hard or Brou Home…It is Darrin Brouhard’s last day working at The Hub of Detroit. Darrin managed The Hub of Detroit for the past few years. In his time here he has put his hands on so many bikes. If you have gotten your bike Read more

  • Just to be creative (w/ video!)

    So last week we got silly. This week we are getting creative. You see, we have youth building bicycles in our shop every week. We’ve had youth aged 10-17 build over 100 bikes so far this year, but that isn’t all they are making! Some of our Youth Earn-a-Bike participants didn’t have anything to do Read more

  • Just to be silly

    Sometimes you just need to add a post to the website to be silly. Here is an animated gif of Heather and I at Tour de Troit. I regret not putting on makeup that morning, but we got there before the sun got up. It was early okay? However, can you tell we love Tour Read more

  • Bike the Blizzard Cometh

    Hey Ya’ll,So this won’t be the last time you hear about this, but let me get this out there now. Bike the Blizzard is coming. What is Bike the Blizzard? Well, it is a fundraising Bike-a-Thon to benefit Back Alley Bikes that is a whole ton of fun. You see, this will be our second Read more