A bikeshop with a difference…

Commuter Cycles is a bike workshop dedicated to everyday cyclists. Fixing bikes is what we do. If you love your bike, and ride it to get from A to B, Commuter Cycles is your bike shop.

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We offer tailored servicing and repairs, reliable accessories and good value replacement parts. We take great pride in our workmanship and think bright lights, panniers and mudguards are cool. At Commuter Cycles, the workshop is the shop, so you deal with the same people who look after your bike.

If you’re after a bike, we also stock a range of Gazelles – Dutch city bikes par excellence – or can source Surly frames and complete bikes to build up your dream Commuter.

Better still, Commuter Cycles makes looking after your bike easy by offering courtesy bikes, opening early and closing late, and we’re conveniently located next to the Upfield bikepath and Brunswick station.

Commuter News

Warm Head Happy Brain

June 26th, 2009 - no comments

It’s the middle of winter, you’re rugging up for the frosty ride to work, but how do keep your head from freezing when you have to wear a helmet?

With an Otto and Spike beanie of course. otto194.jpgTheir cycling beanies – they make funky scarves too –  are made from Aussie Marino blended with elastane. The elastane gives them durability and a bit of stretch.  And they’re thin enough to fit under your helmet.

Otto and Spike, part of LMB Knitwear, are one of the last bastions of Australia’s textile industry have been making quality woollen products for over 40 years, and get shipped to us all the way from East Brunswick.

Pop in and have a look at the selection we have instore,

Beanies start at $30.

The complete range at Otto and Spike

Go Battery Free with a Dynamo

June 25th, 2009 - no comments

If a bicycle is your main form of transport, you should consider a dynamo to power your lighting system.

nexus.jpgDynamos use the turning of your wheels to generate electricity, which can be then used to power your lights (or mobile phone, if you wish to get ambitious). Using the same system employed in windfarms, the dynamos now available have very little rolling resistance compared to those of yesteryear.

We stock both the excellent value Shimano hubs (the new 3N80 is brilliant), and the top shelf Schmidts (the SON 20R is THE dynamo hub). All will give you many years service, and mean less acid batteries end up in landfill.

The virtues of these dynamos are too numerous to mention, so drop in for a chat on how you can go battery free.

for more  information on these Dynamos

Shimano Nexus

Schmidt Dynohub

Pedal Powered Lights

June 24th, 2009 - no comments

Once you’ve settled on a dynamo, you’ll have to pick out some lights to go with them. lumotec-oval-series.jpgAgain the Germans are at the forefront of this technology – their Busch and Müller lights give you fantastic bang for your buck.

Unlike a lot of cheaper L.E.D. lights available, these aren’t just to give you visibility on the road, they’ll illuminate the road ahead of you. Perfect for late night rides down the Merri Creek bike path.

Once you’ve seen these in action you won’t be able to go back.

Headlights currently in stock:

  • Lumatec IQ fly plus,
  • Lumatec IQ fly cyo R senso plus,
  • Lumatiec IQ fly N plus
  • Lumatec OVAL senso plus

Tailights in stock:

  • Toplight Flat plus
  • D toplight XS plus

Plenty of information and images are available at the

Busch and Müller website