The HUB of Detroit Benefit Concert w/ The Hentchmen and Wheatpaste

Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 9:10pm- 2:00am
The Park Bar

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The Hentchmen and Wheatpaste provide a night of musical entertainment for the benefit of the HUB of Detroit!
Doors at 9pm
Regretfully this show is for people 21 years old and older only.
$5 gets you in with part of the door and bar take going to the HUB of [...]

Musictastic Sprinting Sandwich Fundraiser for The Hub of Detroit

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 9:00pm – 2:00am
At The Cass Cafe
Wheatpaste

Photo by Trevor Long
Come to the Cass Cafe on Sunday, January 17th for a night of Music and Bike Sprints with friends from The Hub of Detroit and meet some new friends starting a bike co-op in Lansing as we kick off 2010 with a [...]

The Java Junket Bicycle Ride Is Back!

[ November 14, 2009; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9 AM

Java Junket 2008The Java Junket Bicycle Ride is back for the third year. The basic theme of the ride is to ride to and patronize a handful of our cool cafes! All serve coffee (of course), but solid food as well!

Our scheduled stops include the old, reliable, Cafe 1923 [...]

Annual Angels’ Night Skate (and Bike) Patrol

Friday, October 30, 2009, 6:00pm
The City of Detroit is again asking its’ citizens to patrol the streets of the City for Angels Night. Detroit Blading Company and friends has volunteered to be part of this effort.
Walter Johnson will lead the Angels’ Night In-line Skate Patrol on Friday, October 30 from the [...]

New graffiti on the Dequindre Cut

It’s not everyday you see a car parked in the new Dequindre Cut.
But it was legit.
There were three artists adding graffiti. By the end of the day, their work was complete.
Model D has an article discussing this trail enhancement project.
Acting as project curators, CAID director Aaron Timlin and curator of graffiti art Tom Stoye selected [...]

Fuzzy Dice 1, Cyclists 0

Senate Bill 276, aka the Fuzzy Dice Bill, passed the Michigan Senate unanimously.

According to the Detroit News:
Fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror would no longer be outlawed under a bill that won passage in the Senate today.
The chamber voted unanimously for a measure that strikes down a law that says items dangling from the [...]

The Beat – A CCS Bike Club

Casual and avid cyclists exploring the city and the joy of pedal power!
CCS students and all who would like to join!
Weekly outings throughout Detroit.
An opportunity to connect with fellow bikers and to learn more about the city.
Those living on the CCS campus know that it’s hard being stuck on the same block day after day.
The [...]

Southwest Detroit Bike Tour

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Wheelhouse Detroit Bike Shop
1340 E. Atwater
Viva Southwest! This tour will first focus on bustling Vernor Highway, lined with taquerias and thriving retail businesses, Clark Park and Holy Redeemer Church. Next up is sprawling Patton Park and the community garden at Romanowski Park. We will cruise Michigan Avenue on the [...]

Wheelhouse Tours and Other Bicycle Rides

Short, long, tough and easy, Wheelhouse offers a variety of guided tours for cyclists of all abilities and stamina level. What’s your interest? Detroit architecture…family rides…neighborhood excursions…dining tours…We can even craft a custom tour for your business or family!
The Wheelhouse designs many neighborhood tours in concert with a community partner organization. This way, they [...]

Pedal Press: Media coverage of Detroit’s bike culture

Assignment Detroit
Time Magazine recently bought a house in Motown as part of their Assignment Detroit project. Why? In their words, “As a story, Detroit has been misunderstood, under reported, stereotyped, avoided and exploited for decades. To get it right, we decided to become stakeholders.”
Their project includes a blog and one of it’s early entries was [...]