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Adieu, Adieu!
Wheelhouse would like to wish a fond farewell to two of our favorite people at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Bill Bohlen and Caroline Marks. Bill, the operations director for the DRFC was our go-to guy with any questions or problems, and Caroline did so much to help get the word out about our new business. We wish you both the best and insist that you come visit regularly. We'll miss you!
Win free bike rentals!
Channel 4's "Free Friday" is giving away a Riverfront Package that includes 4 free 2-hour bike rentals. Enter for a chance to win here.
Blessing of Bikes
This Sunday, Spirit of Hope Church in N. Corktown is hosting the first annual blessing of the bikes (well, and motorcycles) at their 11 a.m. service. It's located at 1519 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd. at the intersection of Grand River and Trumbull.
Movement Fest Discount + Closed Memorial Day
Take a break from the breaks! This weekend, anyone with a Movement wristband gets a $5 break off a 2-hour rental. It'll run you just $10. And we are closed Memorial Day -- that's Monday, May 25. Sunday & Tuesday pick-up & drop-offs of bikes can be arranged.
That's all!
Ride of Silence Recap
It was a wonderful Ride of Silence last night from Belle Isle to Downtown and back. About 225 cyclists turned out to celebrate cycling, draw attention to "Sharing the Road" and honor cyclists that have been injured or killed by motorists when cycling. Many thanks to event chair Steve Roach of the League of Michigan Bicyclists and to Macomb Cycle & Fitness for the post-ride bar-b-que.
Architecture Tour Pics
Curious about our tours?
Wheelhouse was featured in Sunday's Detroit Free Press. The article talks about our tours and there is an accompanying video of our Creekside tour.
From the article, City cycling is a challenge and a treat:
Throughout the spring and fall, and occasionally in the summer, the store -- run by Detroiters Karen Gage and Kelli Kavanaugh -- hosts bike tours that range from about 10 miles to 30 miles or more.
"We have so much fun biking around the city, just going out and experiencing it and seeing new things," said Gage, 33. "Detroit has a lot of cool neighborhoods and interesting people and great architecture. These bike tours are allowing us to present that."
You can watch the video at the Freep site or via the column on the right-hand side of this page!
Hamtown Bike Challenge
Next Sunday, May 24, all the cool kids will be at the Hamtramck Bike Challenge. Meet at Atlas Bar at 10 a.m. -- and prepare to cover every single block of Hamtramck's streets by bike!
The Atlas Bar is at 2363 Yemans -- corner of Yemans and Brombeck.
Dequindre Cut Re-Cap
The opening of the Dequindre Cut was truly lovely. Can't say much about the speechifying, because we were too busy transporting (where was Jason Statham when we needed him?) 10 bikes from the shop over to the Cut! Two of our cruisers were used to string the ribbon across the Cut for the grand snip. After the ceremony, there was a parade down the Cut with marching bands, walkers, roller bladers and, yes, bikers! Then we offered free 1/2-hour rentals so folks could ride to the end and back. We estimate we did about 35 or so -- and between that and the wind knocking our bikes over, Alex and Kelli were busting butt the whole time! But well worth it -- it seems like good times were had by all.
Read more about it at the Metro Times or watch this video!