Benefits of Bikes

Welcome to Bikes Mwerre. We are a community bike program servicing Alice Springs and remote communities in Central Australia. We focus on a place based, community model of engagement to support our mission that every person should have access to a bike. We connect with schools, organisations and communities to offer bike fixing, bike riding on country, road safety sessions and bike mechanic courses.

Successfully operating for over 3 years now, we are slowly seeing the benefits of continuously showing up and offering a safe place for young people to gather, ride, learn and socialise. Bikes Mwerre is a place, where community can take ownership of what occurs and the outcomes have been truely inspiring. From young people learning how to ride, all the way through to our young adults gaining bike mechanic skills so they have pathways for jobs - the benefits are becoming more than just about bikes.

ABOVE: Our young people from Larapinta Community after a fun Mountain Biking session at Telegraph Station in Alice Springs during June/ July 2025 school holidays. Young people love the challenge and confidence building that mountain biking produces. They also get excited to see and experience beautiful country they do not normally get to see. During school terms, we also work with schools to teach and engage young people with the joy and excitement of mountain biking on country - its a great addition to a physical education curriculum based program. Please note: For Mountain Biking with us and our fleet of mountain bikes, young people need to be over 10 years old and have had experience of riding a bike.