Free Public Bicycle Pumps in Australia

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Melbourne150 stations · 128 repair
2. 2Sydney74 stations · 41 repair
3. 3Adelaide36 stations · 29 repair
4. 4Brisbane21 stations · 5 repair
5. 5Geelong20 stations · 4 repair
6. 6Ipswich10 stations · 1 repair

Bike pumps in Australia at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 630 public stations in Australia in 141 towns and cities: 228 compressed-air pumps and 402 bike repair stations, 200 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 428 stations let you inflate a tire.

Repair stands with hand pumps and compressed-air pumps are roughly balanced in Australia, so larger towns usually offer both.

49% of the stations are in the 6 cities with their own page below; the other 319 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

192 stations in Australia carry fee information: 187 are marked free and 5 paid (97% free). So the vast majority of mapped pumps cost nothing. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

33 stations list their valve types: 26 fit Presta and 33 fit Schrader valves.

Of all stations, 24 have a pressure gauge, 6 are covered, and 22 are lit at night.

126 stations are open 24/7 and 129 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in Australia

A selection of well-documented stations from different towns. The live map shows all of them with directions.

• all4cycling

  Moreland Street, Footscray, Melbourne

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta · gauge

• Noosa Council

  Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta · gauge

• City of Perth

  Hackett Drive, Crawley, City of Perth

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · gauge

• Unley City Council

  Mike Turtur Bikeway, Wayville, Adelaide

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• 7-Eleven

  Regiment Road, Rutherford, Newcastle-Maitland

  Compressed air · free

• 7-Eleven

  Lawrence Street, North Ipswich

  Compressed air · free

• 7-Eleven

  Devitt Street, Narrabeen, Sydney

  Compressed air · free

• 7-Eleven

  Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road, Upper Mount Gravatt, Brisbane

  Compressed air · free

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in Australia in OpenStreetMap:

• Dero10
• Boroondara City Council8
• Bike Fixation7
• 7-Eleven6
• BP6
• all4cycling4
• Ampol4
• City of Boroondara4

More towns with stations

These places have stations but no page of their own yet. You find them on the live map:

• City of Vincent10
• City of Wanneroo8
• City of Joondalup7
• Logan City7
• City of Brisbane6
• City of Moreton Bay6
• City of Stirling6
• Town of Victoria Park6
• City of Perth5
• Hobart5
• City of Belmont4
• City of Swan4
• Ballarat3
• Canberra3
• Crows Nest3
• Bathurst2

How public bike pumps work

Public bike pumps come in two kinds. Bike repair stations are posts with a hand or floor pump, often with tools on steel cables and a hanger to hold the bike. They stand in parks, at train stations, on campuses and along cycle routes, and they almost never cost anything. Compressed-air pumps are electric compressors, mostly at gas stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill a tire in seconds but are built for car tires.

Before you pump, check your valve. Most repair-station heads fit both Presta and Schrader; gas-station air chucks fit Schrader only, so a small Presta adapter is worth carrying. With a compressor, add air in short bursts and check the pressure, because a narrow road tire can burst well below car pressure. The right pressure is printed on the tire sidewall.

All stations on this site come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add and update them. If a pump is broken, gone or missing from the map, fix it directly in OpenStreetMap or use the report button on the map. The change appears here after the next data update.

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