The slogan "Imported from Detroit" was designed to sell cars, but the concept behind it is now driving another industry on wheels: Bicycle making. ...
This story originally appeared in Model D. The excitement surrounding the Detroit-based manufacturer of watches, bicycles and leather goods Shinol...
Think Detroit's Gran Fondo bicycle ride has been derailed? Not so fast! True, the original sponsor of the 54-mile Woodward Avenue bicycle event, ...
A Ferndale business owner is hoping at least 2,000 people will join him on June 30 to take part in a 54-mile bike ride on Woodward Avenue. His plan...
DETROIT — Transportation of the two-wheeled variety is sharing the floor at the Detroit auto show with the latest cars, trucks and concept vehic...
Hamtramck's non-motorized transit plan -- think pedestrians and cyclists -- has been seven years in the making but city officials expect to see some t...
Detroit's harsh winter months aren't the easiest time for bicyclists. Freezing temperatures, gusty gales and icy roads tend to discourage all but the ...
It's known as "The Shack." For nearly seven years, the little carriage house located on Merrick and Trumbull in Detroit's Woodbridge neighborhood has ...
This article first appeared in Model D. Like the growth of the monthly bike ride known as Critical Mass, the two-wheel economy has reached its own ...
A large-scale bike-sharing program, a service that allows people who don't own bikes to borrow or rent them, could be coming to Detroit. A coalition ...
A plan to improve Detroit greenways and give bikers a safer, more seamless ride cleared another hurdle Monday. The city proposal to buy land to le...
Approximately 30 miles of Detroit's streets will be off limits to automobiles Saturday. Have anti-car zealots risen up and seized control of the city'...
Bikers looking for safe and pleasant routes around Detroit don't have to look further than Google, thanks to Todd Scott. Scott, the Detroit Greenw...
Kids in a northeast Detroit neighborhood known for its high concentration of children spent their summer immersed in bike culture. The program, whi...
Those who love Midtown will have an opportunity to carry on the legacy of one of its greatest advocates by participating in a memorial bike ride this ...
Two years ago, Mars Symons, 29, was the co-owner of a successful San Francisco kosher food service called Noble Foods -- but he gave that up to move t...
By Daniel Duggan The founder of Fossil Inc. has picked Detroit as the site for a watch and bicycle manufacturing operation, with hopes that the wor...
Progressive dinners offer meals with each successive course prepared and eaten at a different location. They're great for those who like to eat and r...
Fresh air, exercise and a chance save a few bucks on gasoline are just a few of the reasons people choose to ride bicycles to work. And this week is a...
Do I just move to a city that has everything I want or do I work to make my hometown better?
Detroit's bicycle messengers form a tight-knit group; they don't have the numbers of counterparts in San Francisco or New York City, or the trappings ...
Although it may be difficult to believe, bicycles were once nearly as popular as cars in Detroit. In fact, they helped pave a path that allowed the au...
In a city where affordable, sustainable transportation is difficult to come by, one person is working to give community members wheels. Sarah Sidel...
They meet up the last Friday of every month on the corner of Trumbull and Warren in Detroit -- mostly cyclists, but sometimes skateboarders, rollerbla...
Detroit's bike shops and cycling spaces are central to any discussion of the city's biking community. Some of these two-wheel havens have only bee...
