Bike Maintenance Skills Program
Our Bike Maintenance Skills sessions are available on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings in our purpose-built Bike Hub education space at 608 Barkly Street, West Footscray.
We offer three session options:
Option 1. Bike Start – BASIC Bike Maintenance (2hrs)
In these sessions our bike mechanics will cover:
- puncture repair
- tube replacement
- chain maintenance
- and more handy skills to keep your bike on track
No prior experience is necessary. You can BYO bike or borrow one of ours.
**Free Sessions currently available for a limited number of tickets. See event page for more information
Option 2. Bike Smart – ADVANCED Bike Maintenance (2 hrs)
In these sessions our bike mechanics will cover how to maintain specific components of a bike.
You will be able to choose to focus on ‘Gears and Brakes’ or ‘Wheels and Bearings’ in each session.
Experience Required: Participants will need to have completed the Bike Start – BASIC Bike Maintenance session prior to attending one of these sessions or already have some basic bike maintenance skills.
Option 3. Workbench and Bike Stand Hire (1hr)
1 hour of access to a bike stand and workbench complete with all of the tools required to work on your bike.
Hands-on action for school students
Want to learn practical bike repair and maintenance skills in a friendly environment? The Community Bike Hub engages students in being proactive members of the circular economy. As soon as students enter the workshop, it is all hands-on action! Tools, parts, and bikes come together as students explore a ‘new world’ of mechanics, sustainability and community. By producing tangible outcomes that have ‘real world’ impacts such as decreasing landfill and improving access to bicycles for people, each and every student at the Bike Hub is given the opportunity to make the world a better place.
Through our work with Footscray High School we have helped middle years secondary school students develop practical skills in bike repairs, recycling and maintenance. Each year over 300 students from Footscray High complete our education program and help repair and refurbish hundreds of bikes.
Sign up your school for one of our fun and interactive workshops or programs! For more information email info@communitybikehub.com.au
Work collaboratively and change lives
The Community Bike Hub offers team building with a twist. While learning new skills and having fun with your colleagues, you will also be contributing to a genuine purpose. Every bike built is a bike kept from landfill, refurbished, and made ready for donation to refugees, asylum seekers or others in need, providing them with access to transportation, independence and an opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing.
Teams must roll up their sleeves, get on the tools and work collaboratively to get some life changing bikes ready to roll.
Team Building Days at the Community Bike Hub serve to drive participants to work together, overcome obstacles, and empower them with practical knowledge to take back home with them, all while changing others lives. That’s pretty special!
Read more on our Team Building Days
What is a Team Building Day?
A breakdown of the day
- Introduction & orientation
- Ice Breakers
- Bicycle workshop OHS
- Get to know your tools
- Mechanical concepts
- Bike repair assessment
- Bike repair for donation
Learn about
- Workstand setup
- Bike repair assessment
- Tool selection and use
- Seat and steering
- Wheels and puncture repair
- Drivetrain
- Brakes
- Cables
- Pre-ride safety check
For a general guide to our package pricing for Team Building Days guide.
If you want to learn more about our corporate days, check availability or discuss pricing reach out to us at info@communitybikehub.com.au to get the ball rolling!
Corporate Bike Servicing
At the Community Bike Hub, we understand that being a workplace of choice is more than the quality of biscuits in the tea room.
Our team of mechanics are now offering local businesses the opportunity to support the health and wellbeing of their staff with convenient and discounted bike servicing.
We collect bikes from your place of business and have them serviced and returned by COB the same day.
Corporate servicing supports our mission to provide equitable access to active transport.
As a social enterprise, our profits fund our volunteer and education programs. This enables us to repair bikes donated by the community and give them to those in need.
Enquire at: info@communitybikehub.com.au
Access and inclusion
Across all Community Bike Hub locations we offer a welcoming space where inclusion, access and safety are top priorities.