Call for Volunteers: Public Hours / Open Shop - Week of 5/3/2026 + Upcoming Events

[Ian Ogden]

Evening, all.

I. WEEK OF 5/3: Public Hours / Open Shop

416 W Huron

Another pair of community bike repair sessions lie ahead. Please sign up below, if you'd like to help folks find tools and supplies around the shop and get their hands dirty working on their bikes.

Sunday, 5/3, 11 AM-3 PM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KnpRbIe-mU75vBConWUNRIXy7JCUq9YdL4mYQqOnFO0/

Tuesday, 5/5, 6-8 PM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KnpRbIe-mU75vBConWUNRIXy7JCUq9YdL4mYQqOnFO0/edit?gid=19132751#gid=19132751

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II. FRIDAY, 5/8: Bike-to-Wherever Day Station

Northeast Corner of State & Packard (819 S State) <-- One-Time Relocation

Bike-to-Wherever Day 2026 is coming up next Friday. Please feel free to sign up to join our riders' node, which we're hosting alongside RoosRoast and U-M's Office of Campus Sustainability.

Due to the construction on Packard, we're setting up in a new location  - at the paved corner of 819 S State St, hopefully catching riders making use of the new lanes on S State.

Volunteer Signup - RoosRoast + U-M OCS + CC Riders' Station

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHqAqmMrar6hO0Kz-hwi0pa8ZQ6VwsR3Oaq2uy0PiBs/

BtWD 2026 Map

For those riding to wherever next Friday (now with 18 confirmed stations), this year's map has been posted:

BtWD 2026 - Map of Riders' Stations

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III. SATURDAY, 5/16: Huron River Day Pop-Up

12-4 PM, Riverside Park, Ann Arbor (Note: New Location for 2026)

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Huron River Day is back in a few weeks, and Common Cycle will be hosting a repair pop-up where we can meet with folks and show them how to work on their bikes / keep rolling smoothly into the spring and summer. This year's event is taking place at the new Riverside Park in Ann Arbor (not to be confused with the similarly named Riverside Park in Ypsilanti).

Please sign up below, if you'd like to join Katie W. and me out there:

Volunteer Signup - Huron River Day 2026

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1841rR4KvPNgrz7RiTs7jmd5PY_soc8wet7DrMckGgE4/

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IV. [VARIOUS] Community Notes

• North Main Transportation Study - Upcoming Design Drop-In Dates
  
  Design Week for the N Main Transportation Study is coming up soon (May 19-23); designs created using feedback from sessions earlier this year will be on display during two open houses - consider checking these out, sharing your thoughts, and meeting the teams involved.
  
  Tuesday, May 19 | 1–3:30 p.m.
  Wednesday, May 20 | 4–6 p.m
  
  DDA Office
  415 N. Fifth Ave
  Kerrytown Market and Shops, Second Floor

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[Katie Waddle]

Hi folks,

The FTW group is gearing up for our bikepacking trip May 30-31!  Details and sign-up are here so you can help spread the word.

In the next couple of weeks folks who are going on the trip may bring their bikes to various public hours for a bike safety check.  This is just a standard check that their bike won't cause lots of issues mid-ride.  No need for anything special, you can do what you with any rider who brings their bike in for a check-up.  We just wanted to let you know this may happen.

Katie (and the rest of the FTW crew)

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