Hit the Road
If you’re thinking about creating a hub to join the Road to Detroit from Chicago, or you’re interested in creating a social justice bike tour anytime, anywhere, the Spoke N’ Heart Collective has created a resource guide to help you plan your ride. Use the links to the right or below to access the resources.
Creating a Hub: A hub is an autonomous group that will ride in solidarity with other hubs on the road to Detroit. Hubs allow for folks to be a part of a larger group (folks riding to Detroit from Chicago) but, still allows for self-organizing and accountability to themselves. Hubs can be created around any commonality or not, for example: a vegan Hub, all women’s hub, curly hair hub, environmentalist hub, etc. Hubs can consist of friends and family or complete strangers. Hubs are asked to send a spoke (one representative) to the spokescouncil to support our collective experience and coordinate activities like campground reservations and route planning.
If you’re ready to join the Road to Detroit, click here to tell us about yourself and your hub.
RESOURCES
- Insurance – what is liability insurance, what are your options
- Roles for Riders – the skills and experiences that are helpful to have
- Creating a Ride Culture – buying food, handling money, making decisions, dealing with conflicts
- Travel Logistics – how to get you and your bike to Chicago
- Gear Logistics and Equipment List – what kind of gear you need, and how to get it
- Budget and Finances – how much things cost
- Fund the Ride – ways to raise some money
- The Route and Route Planning – where the Road to Detroit will take us, and how to plan your own route
TIMELINE – Important dates for the Road to Detroit
February 15th: Hub sign-up begins
March: Weekly informational phone calls and meetings for people who are interested in the ride
April: Spokescouncil of Hub representatives begins meeting
May 11th: Deadline to sign-up to ride
June 10th: Road to Detroit Orientation in Chicago
June 11th: HIT THE ROAD!!!
June 18th: Arrive in Detroit – first day of Allied Media Conference (or volunteering @ USSF set-up)
June 21st: United States Social Forum begins
June 26th: Last day of US Social Forum
