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Box Hill Community Shed Proudly supported by the Village Well & Box Hill Baptist Church.

The Box Hill Community Shed is a vibrant and welcoming space where people from all walks of life can connect, share skills, and work on meaningful projects in a friendly environment.

Bikes currently in stock (as of 20 October 2026)
05/10/2026

Bikes currently in stock (as of 20 October 2026)

FIND OF THE WEEK!Restoring discarded and donated bikes means dealing with an immensely wide range of known and unknown b...
05/10/2026

FIND OF THE WEEK!

Restoring discarded and donated bikes means dealing with an immensely wide range of known and unknown brands. So when this bike appeared with the unknown and slightly cheesy name of 'Dynatek' (and plastered with Italian words and stickers), we assumed it was your typical cheap carbon clone posing as a 'serious' bike. A bit like Chinese tools with German names!

Well, we're eating our (Italian) words! Dynatek isn't just a catchy name - It was, and still is, a small Italian custom carbon frame maker - and this bike, from around 2010 - is a team-replica frame from the Amore and Vita sponsorship era, fitted out with SRAM gear and weighing an absolute pittance. That saddle has us wincing though!!

While it's been through the wars, it would have originally sold for about $4000. And 15 years later, it winds up at our shed... We'd love to know the journey this one has taken!

FIND OF THE WEEK!This week's a doozy (and it made us a bit woozy when it was handed to us!)Yep, it's a suspension fork -...
08/09/2026

FIND OF THE WEEK!

This week's a doozy (and it made us a bit woozy when it was handed to us!)

Yep, it's a suspension fork - from around the early 2000s probably. But the eagle-eyed among you will spot those rainbow stripes down the bottom. Might those be Olympic colours???

Indeed. This is a RockShox SID World Cup fork. For those who don't live and breathe cross-country racing, the SID is about as serious as it gets. This is the fork you'll find under the world's best XC racers, the kind of kit that shows up at World Cups and, yes, at the Olympics. Cross-country mountain biking has been an Olympic sport since Atlanta 1996, and forks exactly like this have been there for the podium finishes.

What makes this find special isn't just the pedigree. It's the condition. Top-spec, race-bred equipment that's still box-fresh doesn't come through very often. Someone, somewhere, bought the best and then never got to ride it.

But we'll certainly find it a new home deserving of it!

As an extra treat at this Saturday's special bike session at the Shed, in addition to bike repairs, servicing and sales,...
26/08/2026

As an extra treat at this Saturday's special bike session at the Shed, in addition to bike repairs, servicing and sales, we're throwing open the doors to our sacred 'pile of everything'! 🛠️

This glorious heap of old tools and assorted odds and ends was kindly donated by community members, but it's surplus to our needs, so we'd love to pass it on. Pop down, have a rummage, and see if anything takes your fancy. It's all free to a good home (though a donation to the Shed is always warmly welcomed 😊).

One person's clutter is another's treasure, so pop in and say hi!

FIND OF THE WEEK!On first glance this may not look like much. Basic old mountain bike. No disc brakes. No suspension. Ba...
24/08/2026

FIND OF THE WEEK!

On first glance this may not look like much. Basic old mountain bike. No disc brakes. No suspension. Basic running gear. Probably the sort of bike you might have had as your first 'proper' bike...

But you wouldn't believe the renaissance these things are having! Old 80-90s steel-frame mountain bikes are becoming 'the thing', as people appreciate the vintage vibe and use them for quirky commuters or gravel bike retro-mods.

This one's a beauty. Completely original, and lightly ridden - still with the original saddle and grips in perfect condition (almost unheard of!), classic centre pull brakes, the short-lived Biopace oval chainrings (and look at the length of that stem!!)

It's an absolute gem - and we know it! So this one's actually being auctioned off to help raise money for Shed supplies. Interested? Get your bid in here: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/128031889082

FIND OF THE WEEK!Look what turned up on the bench this week: a vintage Cateye bike light, still wearing its chunky grey ...
19/08/2026

FIND OF THE WEEK!

Look what turned up on the bench this week: a vintage Cateye bike light, still wearing its chunky grey shell and that unmistakable red lens.

Notice anything about the size? That's because this beauty runs on D batteries. Yep, the big ones. Two of them which is why it weighs about as much as a small brick and needs that beefy clamp to stay put.

There's something so simple about the engineering here. Back in the day, if you wanted to be seen after dark, you strapped on a proper lump of a light with a filament bulb behind a reflector, and you accepted that that it ate batteries for breakfast.

Compare that to today: a modern LED light the size of your thumb throws out more lumens, runs for hours on a USB charge, and clips on with a rubber strap. Tech has come a long way!

But we've got a soft spot for this.

Anyone else remember running one of these? Drop a comment below 👇

Find of the Week: Giant Cadex CFM4At first glance this looks like a fairly ordinary early-90s mountain bike - 26 inch w...
10/08/2026

Find of the Week: Giant Cadex CFM4

At first glance this looks like a fairly ordinary early-90s mountain bike - 26 inch wheels, triple crankset, cantilever brakes, nothing too flashy. But thankfully we looked closer at those tubes before it almost got turned into scrap, because that's not old-school steel you're looking at!

This is a Giant Cadex CFM4, a carbon fibre mountain bike from the late 80s and 90s, and the line has real pedigree. Giant introduced its first Cadex carbon road bike back in 1987, making it one of the earliest manufacturers to build carbon frames at any real scale, well before carbon became the much more common material it is today. The CFM range brought that same bonded carbon-and-alloy construction to mountain bikes, with the CFM4 sitting as one of the more accessible models in the lineup (still around $685 new in the mid-90s, which was serious money for a bike back then).

The construction is what makes it worth a second look. Rather than a single carbon monocoque, individual carbon tubes were bonded into machined aluminium sockets at the joints, a hybrid approach that let Giant chase a lighter, more compliant ride than steel or aluminium alone could offer, while keeping the strength where it mattered most. Riders who've owned these describe a distinctly smooth, chatter-dampening feel on rough ground, quite different to the harsher ride of a fully metal frame from the same era.

This one's arrived at the shed as bit of a mixed parts mongrel - so it's undergoing a full disassembly before deciding what its future might look like. If you're interested in the frame for a project - reach out to us! It could be a fascinating foundation...

FIND OF THE WEEKIt's not everyday an XTR rear derailleur rolls through the Shed - Shimano's flagship off-road drivetrain...
03/08/2026

FIND OF THE WEEK

It's not everyday an XTR rear derailleur rolls through the Shed - Shimano's flagship off-road drivetrain, top of the range halo stuff and usually out of reach of mere mortals. Matte grey finish, Teflon-coated bushings, built for racers who wanted every possible edge, XTR was (and still is) about as top end as mountain bike parts get, so finding one of these in the wild, especially in good nick, was a genuine treat.

What makes this particular piece extra interesting is the "Rapid Rise" feature. Shimano flipped the derailleur on its head: instead of the spring resting toward the smallest cog, it rests toward the largest one (your easiest gear). Push the shifter and you're releasing tension, not adding it, so the chain drops down the cassette almost instantly. Great in theory for quick bailout shifts on a steep climb.

Riders were split on it. Some loved the intuitive feel, others found it messed with years of muscle memory (and our team of amateur mechanics were scratching their heads wondering if we'd forgotten everything about bikes until we figured it out!)

It never quite won over the market and Shimano moved away from it, which is exactly why pieces like this one don't turn up often today.

A cult classic, hiding in plain sight. That's the Shed for you.

So many amazing and quirky things come through the Shed's bicycle recycle program, that we're starting a new "Finds of t...
27/07/2026

So many amazing and quirky things come through the Shed's bicycle recycle program, that we're starting a new "Finds of the Week" series, to share some of the finds that have us chatting, laughing, and occasionally scratching our heads!

Our first find that rolled into the Shed recently: a beautifully preserved Carlton Cobra road bike.

Carlton was a Nottinghamshire builder with roots going back to 1898, taken over by Raleigh in 1960 and known for hand-built frames right up until the Worksop factory closed in '82. This one's still wearing its original lugged steel frame, quill stem, and full mudguards, exactly the kind of build that once carried riders to work, to club runs, and everywhere in between.

It's a high end frame from its day (although still pretty heavy by modern standards!), and while it's sporting a modern saddle it did come with its original, leather, and, after many years of drying out, butt-breaking Brooks saddle.

While it's unlikely to become someone's regular commuter, it's a great collectable, and a reason why our Monday program exists.

Your bike may not be over 50 years old like this one, but regardless someone on our team has the know-how to get it rolling again.

Got an old bike gathering dust in the shed at home? Or want to join in the rewarding work of bringing these bikes back to life?

Join us next Monday!

A call from an awesome bike mechanic in Brunswick resulted in this amazing haul for the Shed's bike program this morning...
11/07/2026

A call from an awesome bike mechanic in Brunswick resulted in this amazing haul for the Shed's bike program this morning!

One car totally stuffed full of wheels, forks, tools, tubes, seatposts, handlebars, pedals, and everything other thing imaginable - This remarkably generous gift means the Shed is better equipped than ever to bring more donated and scrapped bikes back to life.

Want to join in the rewarding fun of putting this stuff to good use? Pop in Mondays, 2-5pm, and see how you can lend a hand!

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