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Bikes & Movies Bike-In Theater Sunday

@ The Woodbridge Pub Gardern Detroit
The guys from Bikes and Murder are doing it again, starting the season during Memorial Weekend. Chill alternative to The Electronic Music Fest. Hopefully we’ll have some good riding weather!? Get to the Woodbridge Pub.

Sunday @ 9 o’clock pm
and GIVEAWAYS and as usual FREE VITAMIN WATER!
Make sure you stop in and grab a pizza from the Pie Sci guys and bring whatever you like to drink or whatever. 

Gonna be watching Goonies and They Live
More Info on the Facebook Event Page

Real Detroit Magazine - The State of Biking in Detroit

Written by Jason Hall 

Its 5 a.m. and I’m dragging myself out of bed to get ready for work. It’s cold and dark. I finish the ritual of the morning and start the other ritual. I get dressed and throw on my reflective leg strap, helmet, gloves and lock. I hit the streets. Most people might not look forward to riding a bike at this hour, but I know the streets are empty. I take off, turn right onto Trumbull and immediately hit the bike lane. Now what’s crazy is that I’ve become accustomed to having a bike lane. You see, until a couple of years ago we didn’t even have bike lanes. Now when I ride, I don’t even pay attention to the fact that in the last two years, bike lanes have grown. Detroit’s offerings have expanded to a total of 55 miles since the city started to install paths in 2008.

You see, bikes are becoming more and more a part of everyday life in the Motor City. On that very same 5 a.m. ride to work, I’ll pass five cyclists and maybe one car. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I ride all the time that I notice bicyclists more often, but the fact of the matter is that the bicycle community has grown.

“Detroit is developing into a very bicycle-friendly city,” says Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance coordinator Todd Scott. “Some of that is a result of major infrastructure investments in bike lanes and trails. Equally important, a bike-friendly culture is organically developing within various Detroit communities.” So while Todd’s role as advocate is to help get the infrastructure on the ground, there are a lot of other groups that are taking on the task of making Detroit a bike-friendly city.

Read Full Article @ RealDetroitWeekly.com

12-Mile Bike Tour of Detroit’s “Green” Water Infrastructure

Ride your bike this Saturday! It’s an easy going ride touring Detroit’s Riverfront, Midtown, the east side and examples of constructed wetlands, rain gardens, permeable pavers, etc. Helmet required, Rain or Shine. If you need to rent a bike, Wheelhouse Detroit does that.

Meet: 1pm at Rivard Plaza, 1340 E. Atwater
Guide: Melissa, 313- 965-0055. 
Leader: Douglas Christie

More info @ MeetUp.com

Huffington Post - Critical Mass Bringing Detroiters Together

During Critical Mass cyclists take to the streets, filling lanes
and for a short time making motorists rethink their notions of traffic.

Critical Mass Detroit meets the last Friday of every month on the corner of Warren and Trumbull - mostly cyclists, but sometimes skateboarders, rollerbladers and others. They come from all over Southeast Michigan to take part in a unique event.

Critical Mass rides started in San Francisco in 1992 as a way for cyclists to increase their visibility on the road. The biking get-together has spread to hundreds of cities around the world. It’s a decentralized movement, and some in its ranks use the ride as a way to critique modern society’s over-dependence on motor vehicles. To others, though, it’s just chance to go on a fun bike ride.

Detroit’s Critical Mass started with a very small crew around the turn of the millenium. Detroiter Steve Weller, 36, joined several these early rides.

“We did a few rides on Fridays, and at the time there wasn’t much support like there is now,” Weller said. “It was mostly the bike messengers who wanted to do it - to get together and ride - just to be part of the process of becoming part of traffic.”

These early rides attracted an average of just 10 to 15 people - hardly “massive.” In the last few years though, the numbers have surged. During warm months Critical Mass Detroit attracts more than 600 people! Seriously a lot a fun!

Read Full Article @ The Huffington Post