LoadingDIY bikes, Part one: Get involved
Part 1 of 5 in a series on DIY biking.
May is National Bike Month and to celebrate National Bike to Work Day tomorrow (May 16) Detroit Syngery is hosting a Woodward bike to work ride. A Michigan Avenue ride is planned for May 23.
Can’t make it to that ride? No worries, there are lots of other groups to join up with. In the metro area there is: Beat the Train (rides every Saturday morning starting in Detroit), Alleycat Detroit (Next race: June 18), Defying the Law Bike Club (rides every weekend starting in Ferndale), and the Hamtramck Lizard Gang.
In A2, you can ride with the Ann Arbor Bicycle Society and keep track of local bike issues (and get a good dose of DIY bike fun) at carfree Ann Arbor. Ypsi has both Bike Ypsi and the Ypsi Bike Club. Or there is the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. And this is just what a few minutes of Googling found. If you know of a bike group in your area, please post it in the comments.
Before you can pedal though, you’ll need to get your bike in top shape. Up next in this series: Fixing your bike.
Posted by Stephanie on May 15th, 2008 in Krafty Kids, Projects, Detroit and Michigan, Inspiration, Web sites
Tags: ann arbor bikes, bike crafts, bike rides, bike to work day, detroit bikes, detroit cycling, DIY BIKE SERIES, kalamazoo bikes, michigan bikes, radical bikes detroit, ypsi bikes
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Comment from Fritz
Time: May 15, 2008, 5:29 pm
Yee haw! Happy BTWD everybody.
What a cool image you have - where’s that from?
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Comment from Stephanie
Time: May 16, 2008, 11:35 am
Isn’t it cool? It’s a handmade banner of the Defying the Law crew — taken from a photo of their first ride.
Comment from care
Time: May 17, 2008, 4:57 pm
Its an 8′ long acrylic and spray painted painting–currently above my bed! My sister Emily Gustafson painted it. And yes, it’s from DEFYING THE LAW BICYCLE CLUB’s first ride ever, last May!
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