important for international or people just not from around narrm/brunny - Ceres is the name of where the bike shed is located, and it's a pretty special place in contrast to most commercial or profit driven enterprises. It started as a local cleanup mission for the Merri river nearby and has grown into a educational institute, a community farm, workshops and family space which are all run to a give-back system. It's really special to see a place like Ceres still thriving in a society that only values capital and labour. Not to mention any kids like myself who half grew up in the mad playgrounds here.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
awesome, thank you for explaining! was def tricky to work out CERES when i first visited, but ya you are spot on !
@zwicker55853 ай бұрын
Great comment love to hear the history!
@EBDultras5 ай бұрын
shops like these should be everywhere...
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Ya ! Amazing place, great for the community
@inthebush35 ай бұрын
This is what real community spirit is about. Thanks for showing us around. 🙂
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Hell ya ! No worries , glad you liked it ! 😊
@thetaperoomstudio5 ай бұрын
Bridget and The Bike Shed are very rad
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Sure are ! Thank you 😊
@brick_videos5 ай бұрын
hello gary, after watching your own bike restoration videos and others I was inspired to fix up a bike for my girlfriend. this lead to fixing up a whole load more and eventually getting involved in my similar local bike volunteer place. it's the Bike Hub Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, Ireland. i now run a weekly upcycling deal fixing donated bikes and then gifting them to charitable causes. it's a ton of fun, these volunteer-run bike workshops are a great idea and i only wish there were more !
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Wow!! That is amazing !! I love that , keep up the great work !!
@badger675 ай бұрын
What a wonderful place. I would be in my element working there. Thanks Gary, that was rather inspirational.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
awesome!! ya they are doing a great job of saving old bikes was inspiring for me too! cheers !
@breakingbikes2 ай бұрын
Amazing place & an amazing idea. I like the fact that anyone can volunteer.
@garysprojects2 ай бұрын
Ya super cool vibes
@chesterapricot34805 ай бұрын
gary salivating at all that wd40 they got
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 thirsty for wd40
@jamesk7777Ай бұрын
I've only watched several of Gary's videos this morning and already know enough lore to laugh so much at this.
@garysprojectsАй бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@polthedestroyer5 ай бұрын
This video was SUPER COOL to watch. Thanks a lot for sharing, dude. I live in NYC and chances are I'll never be able to visit this wonderful place or meet these people. It's what I come to KZbin for, see the world, celebrate how we're different but complementary. Keep them coming!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Wow thank you my dude i appreciate that !! That’s the great thing about the internet, can easily share stuff. Hope to do more in the future , will do my best cheers!!
@campbellpaul5 ай бұрын
Love these inside-looks at bike shops, Gary.. The people and places are always interesting!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you i appreciate that, glad you like it! always cool to meet up and talk about bikes !
@Locojoe5 ай бұрын
Well done Gary and Bridget.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
thank you very much Joe!
@layspeed5 ай бұрын
That was a great video Gary! You had awesome questions too. Volunteer run bike co-ops should be in every major city. A great way to get people into bikes that otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Cheers mate! i totally agree & also save a lot of those bikes form going to landfill too! win win for everyone!
@BadlyDubbed5 ай бұрын
This is awesome, great to see the rebirth of all these bikes and the satisfaction of getting them back on the road.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Cheers my dude ! I agree!
@jonasmeier4175 ай бұрын
The Bike Shed is great & nice from A to Z. The really actually repair and save bicycles.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
thank you ! great place for sure!
@tombannigan78985 ай бұрын
On exchange in Lisbon and today the first thing people at the bike shop said when I said I was from Aus was "Oh, do you know Garys Projects?" Awesome stuff mate
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Hahaha what no way ! That’s funny thanks for sharing ! Honored 😊
@glennpettersson90025 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tour that's a really special part of Melbourne. I was in my LBS just after Christmas and the guy said exactly the same thing, where do they all go 🤷♀️
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
For sure great space! Yeah when you think about all the old bikes they gotta go somewhere ay 😬
@ozenfant_ozn5 ай бұрын
fantastic!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much ! 😊
@kwestak5 ай бұрын
Awesome, thanks for the video, I will drop by during my next trip to Melbourne!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Hell ya ! No worries thanks for watching!
@kwestak2 ай бұрын
@@garysprojects Hey Gary, I had the pleasure to visit the bike shed today, one of the volunteers showed us around. I nearly bought a bike! I only have a couple days left in Melbourne, so I will drop by next time I come here for more days and get another bike for sure. Thanks again for the tip.
@los_rubos2 ай бұрын
Naarm brings it every time 🤘🏼
@garysprojects2 ай бұрын
@@los_rubos lucky to live here
@victorcageakajenforcer43345 ай бұрын
I was a volunteer there 2 years ago I might go back there 1 day
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
hell ya do it up!
@nycdrummingstar5 ай бұрын
Excellent video
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thx you I appreciate that !
@nickwatson22175 ай бұрын
Hey so nice to see the shed on your channel. I’ve been volunteering there since 2020! Are you gonna come volunteer sometime gary?
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
awesome great job!! tbh i probably won't because it's a bit far from where i live, but def will stop by here and there, maybe another project together in the future, we'll see !
@ferdinandmelchor42425 ай бұрын
Awesome bike workshop!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Totally rad 👍
@Saints665 ай бұрын
Another legend effort..
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much !
@Warriorphonic5 ай бұрын
bike shed is the the best! great job Gary
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you my dude I appreciate that !
@blaketnewman5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tour! This video is awesome. I lived in Melbourne for two years, wish I had known about this place!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
That’s awesome ! Hope you enjoyed your stay haha
@trentc73293 ай бұрын
I wish we had a bike community here that could support something like this.Good people working on good bikes for their community. I'd love to go work on bikes outside with an endless supply of parts a few hours a week. My bike community is all Lycra, clip ins, carbon fiber or fixies.
@garysprojects3 ай бұрын
gotta start with the man in the mirror
@hamadysack31575 ай бұрын
Wow what a goldmine the Bike Shed is. Thanks!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Definitely! Great place. Cheers!
@reeceholmes85465 ай бұрын
what an awesome place, thanks for the tour Gary, great stuff
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
No worries , thanks for watching! Ya great to be able to share the place with people! Cheers
@reeceholmes85465 ай бұрын
breaks my heart to see bikes on the back of scrap collectors vans, thanks Gary@@garysprojects
@AmusedDaffodils-mz5rw5 ай бұрын
I love this
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you !! Great place 😊
@b.online5 ай бұрын
ah man would be so cool to work somewhere like this!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
definitely!! had a good chill positive vibe to it for sure!!
@mechatakoyakisan5 ай бұрын
Oh man I wish we had places like this. Very cool
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Ya cool place! Lots of replacement parts to get you outta trouble
@mechatakoyakisan5 ай бұрын
Hey, why not do a build collab with someone at that shed? I'd be interesting to see what you come up with.
@Jessatron8885 ай бұрын
Thanks Gary, for sharing. 😍☕️
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
No worries mate, thanks for watching ! Cheers
@ARandomATube5 ай бұрын
I love ceres, shame that its on the other side of town for me, but if i were local id be living there
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
See if you can setup a tent out back 😂😂
@whateverrobert5 ай бұрын
Where I live there a place like that. Volunteer fox bikes and work to have your own. And you can buy bikes from the place and parts. I been there for parts. Super cool there are places like that.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Hell ya it’s awesome, great place to work on bikes if you don’t have space / tools etc
@rvssellcarson5 ай бұрын
Very cool.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@martinpurliet74385 ай бұрын
vry cool!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you Carson ! Was cool to visit for sure 👍
@UnhingedHarry5 ай бұрын
I've heard of that place and keep meaning to ride over and have a look. Oh, the "gong" house. I misheard that one.. If they stripped the aluminum off that scrap they could get some beer money. Turns out that I have a thing longerer; who knew ? 😂
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 ya go check out it if you get the chance, was a good time !
@JohnnyOrr-zz8qw3 ай бұрын
Cool
@jimmylovesbikes5 ай бұрын
awesomeness
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@davidbernard725616 күн бұрын
I recently gave my giant mountain bike to a charity shop. Next day i went there they threw it out as it had flat tyres. So i said to the guy, how much do you want for the bike? He said $20 bucks i said to him thats a $1500 bike you got there thats a bit cheap! He then said ill have to speak with my manager. At least it didn't get scrapped.
@garysprojects16 күн бұрын
wow that's crazy
@gavyman5 ай бұрын
love the crailcouch vibes with the q&a titles
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
thank you mate, i appreciate that!
@Willdlans5 ай бұрын
I just spotted the Ricardo I have a 1987 racer
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Nice!! Classic Aussie bikes
@ToddDenney5 ай бұрын
so awesome mate :)
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you Todd! I appreciate that 😊
@jonkelly19205 ай бұрын
I’m definitely guilty of buying new bikes, but every time I walk into a bike store I also think ”does the world really need more bikes” ✌️🚲
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
So true!! some of new bikes are cool, but yeah definitely a lot of junk (new) bikes get produced too
@akuio97113 ай бұрын
I think we just need more people to use bikes more often, not just buying or making them.
@deanthanasos7069Ай бұрын
Ceres is ultimate
@garysprojectsАй бұрын
Hell ya
@timtaylor95904 ай бұрын
kool
@garysprojects4 ай бұрын
Cheers
@samblenkharn80995 ай бұрын
Extra benefit of the open-air setup is that it's covid-safe 🙌🏻 Watching from the soggy UK that place looks the stuff of dreams!
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Nothing like some sunny fresh air! Hopefully it warms up for you soon !! 😊
@blairrighton62705 ай бұрын
Here in christchurch NZ there's an identical entity named rad bikes which has just moved into bigger, better (weatherproof) premises and of course shout out to the boys at the second hand shop, around again cycles... you forgot to ask what it's like trying to keep the weather from the bikes/components as that's something of an issue for the industry, lol
@nickwatson22175 ай бұрын
I can try to answer that question! All the really good bikes are fixed quickly and sold the same week, but everything that gets donated has sat around unloved outside or in a garage for a good long while before being donated anyway. We aren’t losing parts to weather that we want to use, that stuff is long dead before it makes it to the shed. Being in the inner north of melb its a fair way from the sea so no salty air getting to the parts and a lot of the donations are from nearby(even further north too) with similar conditions. Our geography is a massive benefit to us. we also aren’t overly concerned with the cosmetic side of the bikes, if everythings working its ready to go to a new owner.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
@@nickwatson2217 thank you Nick!! appreciate the insight!
@blairrighton62705 ай бұрын
@@nickwatson2217 hi nick, cheers for your reply I guess I should have been a little more specific with my question lol.... Firstly I've been involved (either directly/indirectly) with the second hand bike industry for several years and I understand the lottery behind whats donated. The last shop I worked at we struggled with keeping any inventory from environmental damages and it was a mission to keep it all serviceable, let alone sellable. In the vid I noticed an awful lot of inventory outside incl wheels, tyres, forks, saddles all of which do not react well over time to rain or sun exposure, is this stock dead or is there no room to store it away from the environment safely? Essentially what is the co -op doing to mitigate environmental exposure to inventory? ... hint, shipping containers are a godsend for the industry and are relatively cheap
@nickwatson22175 ай бұрын
@@blairrighton6270 A lot of what you see stored outside is recently stripped junk that hasnt made it up to the rubbish area yet, that stuff gets moved to the bins as we find the time. Lower quality wheels/tyres live outside, some of them get used, the good stuff is well protected. Anything thats stored outside is essentially stuff we are’t too sad to lose to theft or weather. Cant save everything! Theres plenty of good saddles, wheels, tyres and frames stored inside the shed ready to be put on the bikes we fix every week. We send on some donations to other more recently started bike sheds around melbourne that dont get as many donations as we do so they can build up their operations. So I guess the answer to your question is: Prioritisation of usage and storage. The more storage space we have the more it would get filled with junk! Kinda like adding lanes to highways. Dunno where we’d fit a shipping container onsite but great idea! The shed is a not-for profit, not a co-op. All profits go back to the running of the shed. It started 40 years ago as a large pile of bikes… you’d see the part you wanted, reach in to the pile, strip it off and put of your bike! Its come a long way since then :)
@travmiles5 ай бұрын
Where is this place? Fantastic looking place
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Links in description, she also gives directions on where to find them at the end of the video
@travmiles5 ай бұрын
I found the address at the end of KZbin clip
@manfrommontrealАй бұрын
Did anyone count the number of Australian "here"? 😂
@garysprojectsАй бұрын
I guess every country has their own thing aye ;)
@paulmpak5 ай бұрын
great shop, great interview. camera work gave me a headache and made me want to throw up.
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Hahah thank you ! Hopefully it’s better next time
@hookerjl15 ай бұрын
Those places are like heaven for bike loving people like me/us😍and also having such a positiv environmental and social impact🌟🌟🌟big thanks for showing us around that lovely place…how could one resist not taking parts with you, could you!?☺️cheers mate😎
@garysprojects5 ай бұрын
Thank you mate, great values for sure , glad they are doing good. haha yes they have so many parts, maybe next time i will buy some 🤣🤣🤣🤣