Bike fit – making your bike more comfortable
Small adjustments in how your bike fits can have a big impact on your comfort and enjoyment riding.
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Experiences of starting the employment journey
Gaining employment and building experience is a rite of passage for young people. It has always posed challenges but some of these are now tougher than they were.
Why your drivetrain needs replacing
Do you ever come into Good Cycles (or another bike shop) and one of our mechanics drops a little metal gauge on your chain and says “Your chain is worn out, you need a new chain and cassette”?
Career development as-it-happens at Good Cycles
We recently took on a new trainee bicycle mechanic at one of our retail stores, Abi. This is the inside story of her career development as-it-happens at Good Cycles.
4 tips to get the most out of your eBike
While eBikes are quite straightforward to use, just like riding a normal bike, there are some riding techniques that will make riding easier and help you get the most from the bike.
Making the commute work
Bikes impact our lives positively in so many ways. They’re great for our health, they reduce congestion on our roads, they’re an affordable mode of transport and they have minimal impact on the environment. They’re also the foundation of our mission to help young people facing barriers to work.
Gravel bikes – the hot new thing?
If you’ve been into a bike shop or browsed cycling websites in the last year you’d have seen and read all about gravel bikes. Gravel bikes are the new hot thing in cycling, but what’s the big deal?
Turning disadvantage on its head
When you support Good Cycles you are helping us to turn disadvantage on its head. Good Cycles employs people who are under-represented in the labour force. The employment pathways that might work for the ‘average’ person often fail to unlock other employees’ potential.
All you need to know about converting to tubeless tyres
We often get questions about tubeless tyres and people looking to convert to a tubeless tyre set up so we’ve put together a short explainer article to help.
Rim brakes or disc brakes – what’s the difference?
It’s a given that we see a lot of bikes in our shop and we’ve noticed that more and more modern bikes are being equipped with disc brakes. While once reserved for mountain bikes, disc brakes are now appearing on flat bar commuter and road bikes. So which is best? Rim brakes or disc brakes? Let’s take a look at
Wheels of View – a Youth Week initiative
Good Cycles’ supported employees have been using photos to express themselves and reflect on their day to day experiences of work. Using digital platforms was already part of the job, but using the smartphone for creative expression to explore professional identity was something new. We affectionately called this effort “Wheels of View”. It wouldn’t have happened without the vision and
Electronic vs mechanical gear systems
Let’s take a look at gear systems. Specifically, the difference between electronic vs mechanical gear systems. The “Big Three” bike part manufacturers each have an electronic gearing system: Shimano has Di2 for both road and mountain bikes; Campagnolo has EPS; and SRAM has Etap which, along with being electronic is wireless! There are, of course, the pros and cons of
Good Cycles and Event Studios Australia team up
Event Studios Australia (ESA) hit end of year targets and created a job opportunity for a young person in a win-win for productivity and social impact. Unemployment and underemployment disproportionately affect young people so together ESA and Good Cycles are addressing a significant unmet need for entry-level jobs. Entry-level jobs build professional skills and experience and availability has been eroding
What Khalid did with your support in 2020
Khalid’s story shows how Good Cycles and our supporters stop young people from falling through the cracks, by providing opportunity.
The Youth Pathways ‘In Our Own Words’ project
Good Cycles program participants have recently shared perspectives about the difference Good Cycles has made in their lives through the Youth Pathways project. Youth Pathways is a collaborative initiative sponsored by the City of Melbourne to facilitate innovation between youth-focused local organisations such as Good Cycles about how best to support opportunities for young people. The recent ‘In our Own