Town Bike
Custom-built
Commuter, Cargo, Adventure, BMX
Bicycles
Hand-built wheels
E-bike conversions
Town Bike
Custom-built
Commuter, Cargo, Adventure, BMX
Bicycles
Hand-built wheels
E-bike conversions
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Custom-built
Commuter, Cargo, Adventure, BMX
Bicycles
Hand-built wheels
E-bike conversions
Custom-built
Commuter, Cargo, Adventure, BMX
Bicycles
Hand-built wheels
E-bike conversions
We do not cater to lycra, carbon-fibre, or road bikes. We like practical bikes that allow you to leave the car at home. We are not cyclists, pointlessly being in the way, tucked down in our lycra and blaming someone else when we don't get seen. We see bikes as tools; useful machines that leverage physics to move across the planet with amazing efficiency. We don't spend stupid dollars, or sacrifice comfort, to chase an extra percentage of efficiency, because, well, that's the anti-christ of efficiency and the holy grail of wankers we don't want to associate with anyway. We prefer to just get outside and just enjoy riding bikes.
Commuter bikes, cargo bikes, adventure bikes, that's us. We also love BMX and trials bikes, and fully understand the role electric bicycles play now and into the future.
We prefer steel bikes; repairable, flexible, comfortable, at the right price. If you want to spend heaps to save a bit of weight to sacrifice longevity, go for it.
We like soft tubeless bulging tyres, over fork 'n' frame piston suspension. It's more like riding a bike, less like a pogo stick. More feel, more traction, more float. Less cost, less maintenance, less risk.
We do electric e-bike conversions; keep your favorite bike and make it electric. Ebike laws have become more sensible, the 250W is now measured at the tyre patch on a dyno at 25km/h, so you can have an over-spec motor, and you can have more power to get you to 25km/h from a standstill or uphill.
We build wheels; electric wheels, Rohloff wheels, dynamo wheels, tubeless wheels, armour wheels.
Essentially, we think the Australian retail bicycle industry is full of crap.
Free within 15km's of Moorooduc, VIC and Tenterfield, NSW, for service and repairs. We also offer transport services for you and your bikes to local trails.
The Bicentennial National Trail is unforgettable around Tenterfield, especially from Map 8 to Map 20. The BNT in the high-country of Victoria is just as spectacular.
We can help with all sorts of things, give us a call
Best way to invest $2000.
Gearbox inside your rear wheel hub.
No more derailleurs.
Simply twist through gears 1-14, all at equal increments.
526% overall range, same as a mountain triple.
Tweak that range with chain ring and sprocket size.
Change gears whilst stopped.
Solid straight chain line with big strong BMX chain.
Gear box completely sealed in oil bath.
Efficiency same as new derailleurs; better than old, dirty derailleurs.
Strong wheel with no dishing of spokes for cluster space.
Stronger triangulation via larger hub flange diameter.
Handles insane amounts of torque. Great for mid-drive ebikes.
Simplicity. Ask anyone with derailleurs to list their gears in order.
Clever reversible rear sprocket, twice the life.
Rohloff... they don't wear out... they wear in.
We were sceptics too.
But you still ride, you still get fit; you just go further, faster, less sweaty, more often.
We do front hub motors. Simple, easy to swap back and forth with non-electric wheel.
We do rear hub motors.
We do mid-drives that drive through your gears.
Horses for courses, there is no right or wrong, just different.
Everything is a compromise.
We will build you a custom ebike that suits your needs.
Australia is the only country in the world where an adult must wear a helmet on a bicycle. We agree helmets are a good idea in many situations, but if you're going for a cruise around town at a leisurely pace you might actually be safer without a helmet. Helmets change the wind around your ears so you can't discern the direction of noise. Wearing hi-viz and being a considerate rider will prevent more injuries than strapping a bit of plastic to your head.
Imagine how many injuries and lives we could save by making helmets law inside cars.
The only reason helmets are law is because the government can't tax bicycles, so they created blanket discouragement, it has nothing to do with health and safety. Take alcohol and gambling for examples, these cause massive social and health problems but because the government make huge dollars they are encouraged to flourish.
Can we drive vehicles capable of obscenely faster speeds than the legal limit? Absolutely! Do we have fatalities and injuries from speeding vehicles? Every single day!
This cannot be about health and safety!
We send our kids onto the footy field knowing there will be targeted violent episodes, including 3 times the chance of concussion compared to crashing a bike. No helmets required. Quad bikes kill an Aussie every 3 weeks simply because they are inherently unsafe, but we get tax breaks to buy one.
The hypocrisy of our whole government system is ridiculous. We don't need blanket rules, we want to assess our own lives thanks.
When I was at school the bike racks were chock-a-block. Today they are empty, kids get the bus home and straight back on their devices.
Obesity, heart disease and suicide are now our 3 biggest killers. Diabetes has increased by 70% since helmet laws were introduced.
It's laws like this that make logical citizens question all the other laws. Treat us like humans and we won't treat you like dictators. FTL
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