Verified shops only · Australia-wide
Buy bikes from real Australian bike shops.
No private sellers. No scams. No tyre kickers. Just verified retailers and live stock from across the country — in one clean place.
The problem
Buying a bike online
shouldn't be a gamble.
Australia has hundreds of excellent independent bike shops. Finding what they have in stock, right now, is almost impossible — so riders end up on marketplaces built for used couches.
The listing is noise
Ten pages of blurry photos, no size, no groupset, no idea if it's stolen. You spend more time filtering out junk than looking at bikes.
No comeback if it's wrong
A private sale has no warranty, no assembly, no fitting and no recourse. If the frame is cracked or the bike is stolen, that's your problem.
Real stock is invisible
The shop 15 minutes away may have exactly your bike in exactly your size. You'll never know, because it isn't listed anywhere you'd look.
What verified actually means
Five checks before
a shop goes live.
One rule runs the whole marketplace: if you can't hold a conversation with a mechanic at a physical counter, you can't sell here.
A trading name, not a username
The business name on the listing is the business name above the door. No aliases, no burner accounts.
A current Australian Business Number
Checked against the ABR. Registered, active, and matched to the business trading on the site.
A physical shopfront you can visit
A real address with a real workshop. You can walk in, test ride the bike, and meet the person who built it.
Independent, not a national chain
This marketplace exists for the shops that get squeezed by the big end of town. That's who gets verified.
Re-checked, not set and forgotten
Verification carries a date. If a shop closes or changes hands, the badge comes down.
For riders
Three steps. No middleman.
We don't take payment, we don't hold your money, and we don't sit between you and the shop. We just make the introduction.
Search real stock
Filter by type, brand, size, price and state. Everything you see is on a shop floor somewhere in Australia.
Enquire direct
Your message goes straight to the shop's inbox. No agent, no lead broker, no one taking a slice to pass it on.
Buy from the shop
Deal with the shop the way you always would — with a warranty, a proper build, and a fitting before you ride out.
The difference
Same bike. Different risk.
What you actually get when you buy through each channel.
| Cycling Market | Gumtree / Marketplace | National chain | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seller is a registered business | Always | Rarely | Yes |
| Warranty on new bikes | Yes | None | Yes |
| Professionally assembled & fitted | Yes | No | Varies |
| Test ride before you buy | Yes | Risky | Yes |
| Independent local business | Always | Sometimes | No |
| Commission taken from the sale | $0 | $0 | n/a |
| Your money stays in the local economy | Yes | Sometimes | No |
For bike shops
Own a bike shop?
Put your stock in front of riders who are already looking for it. Flat monthly fee, zero commission, enquiries straight to your inbox — and six months free if you’re one of the first ten shops.
Join the launch
Be there on day one.
We're onboarding founding shops now, and opening to riders late 2026.
Get first access
We'll email you once when search goes live — nothing else, ever. We don't share your address with anyone, including the shops.
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Questions
Straight answers.
Can I sell my own bike here?
No — and that's the whole point. Every seller on Cycling Market is a verified independent bike shop with a registered ABN and a physical shopfront. If we let private sellers in, we'd be another marketplace, and the trust would be worth nothing.
Does Cycling Market take a cut of the sale?
Never. Shops pay a flat monthly subscription and keep one hundred per cent of every sale. We don't process payments, so there's nothing for us to take a percentage of.
How do I actually buy a bike?
You enquire through the listing and the shop replies to you directly. From there you deal with the shop exactly as you would if you'd walked in — including test rides, sizing, fitting and warranty.
When does it launch?
Late 2026. We're verifying founding shops now so there's real stock on the site from the first day riders can search it.
Do you sell used bikes?
Yes, where the shop is selling them — ex-demo, trade-ins and pre-loved bikes that a shop has inspected and stands behind. The difference is that a business with a reputation has put its name to the condition.