TdT OMG!

If you are riding tomorrow, we encourage you to stop by today and pick up your packet. It’ll make both of our mornings all the more pleasant. Plus you get to visit the Wheelhouse. Bonus!

There were more than 1,500 cyclists registered as of this morning. We are really looking forward to a great day!

Tour de Troit

Register by tomorrow to ensure you pay only $30 ($25 for students) — starting Saturday, the price jumps!

Head to tourdetroit.eventbrite.com to do so!

CityFest Bike Parking + Tour de Troit Registration Info

Ride to CityFest & Leave the Parking to Wheelhouse!
Wheelhouse is really excited to sponsor free bike parking at CityFest this year! If you’ve ridden there in years past, you’ve certainly noticed the, um, creative places people have had to lock their bikes. Well, this year, you can head to our corral, located at the southeast corner of W. Grand Blvd. and Cass, and we will keep your steed safe — for free! CityFest runs from Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5. More info and a schedule of performances can be found here.

Tour de Troit Registration Kick-Off Ride
TONIGHT, July 1, Tour de Troit registration kicks off! Meet us at the T-Plex between 5:30 and 7 p.m. to register for this year’s ride, which is set for September 19. For one day only, it will cost just $25 to sign up; when online registration opens on July 2, the price will jump to $30.

After registering, we ride! We’ll do a (free) ten-miler that wraps up at CityFest — just in time to see De La Soul headline!

Read tons more about the TdT and registration here.

This Weekend @ The Wheelhouse

Don’t forget the Colin Hubbell Memorial Ride on Saturday! Register here or show up at 8:30 a.m. at Scott Fountain on Belle Isle!

It is River Days, which is good and bad.

The good: Our rentals are 33% off — so a 2-hour rental will cost you just $10 instead of $15.

The bad: Parking can be an issue. For service drop-offs and pick-ups, drive straight down Rivard, on the garage door side of our shop. For rentals, you’re going to have to pony up and pay for parking in one of the structures in the area. The closest one to us is at the NW corner of Atwater & Rivard. Spittin’ distance. If you have any issues, give us a ring at 313-656-2453!

Finally, we are thrilled to announce some early info about this year’s Tour de Troit. Pre-registration will kick off on July 1 at the T-Plex at 5:30 p.m. followed by a 10-mile ride that will end up at Comerica City Fest! Read all the deets here.

Tour de Troit Packet Pick-up

We’re the site of pre-day packet pick-up for the Tour. Deets here: www.tour-de-troit.org/packet-pick-up.

If you need to rent a bike or a helmet for the Tour, please arrange for pick-up on Friday. The rates are $35 and $5, respectively.

Things that make us happy

1 – Beautiful autumn weather – best cycling of the year!

2 – The fact that construction has begun on the expansion of Tricentennial State Park — next year we will be next-door to actual wetlands. Amazing.

3 – 3 days and counting to the Tour de Troit — see you there!

Sport Utility Bike + City Council Rally + Fresh Booze + Tour de Troit

Here’s a great article in Salon about a guy who had an Xtracycle installed on his bike so that he could haul groceries — and his two kids — around. We installed one for a customer recently, and the whole thing is pretty cool. Thinking about ditching a car completely raises some issues, like groceries, pets, other large objects. The Xtracycle solves some of those problems.

On Monday, July 28, there is meeting with Bike Riders United and other local cycling clubs at Detroit City Council chambers at which Detroit’s bike ordinance will be re-examined. Be there, on the 13th floor of the Coleman A Young Municipal Center, at 9:45 a.m.

Last evening’s night ride was pretty awesome. We rode out to River Rouge down W. Jefferson and stopped in for a quick one at Fresh Booze — on the scenic shores of the Rouge River — then back downtown via W. Fort. A good time was had by all. Join us next week — Wednesday, 9 p.m.

Finally, pre-registration for this year’s Tour de Troit is on-line at tour-de-troit.org. It is set for September 20, and the route is shaping up great.