Build bikes · build skills · build futures
More than a bike.A way forward.
Every bike built here funds accredited skills courses in schools, youth programmes and prisons — routes into green careers for people who rarely get one.
A social enterprise CIC · Investec Beyond Business 2025 winner · as featured in the Financial Times
Hand-built bamboo · lugged by hand
One craft. One engine for change.
We're not a bike shop with a charity attached. The workshops fund the mission directly.
One club, many ways in.
Build your own
Workshops in London, Amersfoort & Toulouse — or a kit shipped to your door. No experience needed.
Workshops & kits →
Work with us
Accredited programmes for prisons, schools and colleges — plus corporate team-building days.
Our programmes →
Back the mission
Fund a cohort, offer placements, or champion our work as a CIC.
Get involved →Building bikes. Building futures.
The same hands-on build runs in schools, youth programmes and prisons — tools in hand, an accredited qualification at the end.
The bike was the first thing I ever made with my own hands. When my daughter rode it on family visit day, I felt like a dad again.
— A Build to Bond maker — Build to Bond — recognised by Prisons Minister Lord Timpson · featured in the Financial Times, 2025If you can use a few hand tools, you can build this.
Simple method, hand tools, low-cost renewable material — open to all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
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Simple hand tools
No welding, no factory — just a jig and a few hand tools.
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No experience needed
Most of our 4,000+ builders had never made anything before.
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Low cost to start
A renewable material and a kit that ships worldwide.
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All ages & abilities
From schoolkids to Jon, who built a frame with one hand.
Frame kits, shipped worldwide.
4,000+ builders. 4,000+ stories.
When broken down, every step was actually simple and achievable. We think building things is a mythical thing only geniuses can do — it isn't.
Soraya · first-time builder
Riding it for the first time is so different to one I bought from a shop. With this, I think: I made something.
As featured in The Independent
Going to the workshop was hands-down one of the best things I have ever done — a bespoke creation that's structurally sound.
As featured in The Guardian
Build it. Ride it. Pass it on.
Whether you build a bike, run a programme, or fund a cohort — you become part of the loop.