Ready to ride? Hopefully you will be by June 20, the date set for the inaugural Colin Hubbell Memorial Bike Ride. The ride will take off from Scott Fountain on Belle Isle and proceed on an 18-mile tour of the city. A shorter option is a 5-mile family loop of the island.
"This ride is meant to bring people together as Colin did when he was alive,
while showing them some of the Detroit jewels that Colin held dear, including Belle Isle, the Riverfront, Eastern Market, Midtown, New
Center and Downtown," says Bruce Hubbell, Colin's brother and one of the ride organizers.
Registration is currently available online at
Active.com or on-site from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., bike decorating will begin for family bike parade participants.
Both rides take off at 10 a.m. and participants in the family loop will be entertained and informed by a bike rodeo at 11 a.m. Post-ride, everyone is encouraged to attend
River Days at the Detroit International RiverFront.
The ride will cost $20 or $10 for the family ride. All proceeds benefit the
Colin Hubbell Fund, which was established to benefit community organizations and start-up businesses in Midtown, the neighborhood in which Colin focused his considerable development efforts.
Applications for community mini-grants are currently being accepted. Download the application
here. The deadline for the first round is May 31.
Source: Colin Hubbell Fund
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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