A corporate team built balance bikes — then gave them to Brixton

A company came to Bamboo Bicycle Club for a team-building session and built bamboo balance bikes together. The finished bikes are being donated to Upcycle, a Brixton cycling charity, to help get more people riding.

What we did

A corporate group spent the session building bamboo balance bikes by hand — measuring, cutting, sanding and binding the joints as a team. The point of a BBC corporate build is simple: people make something real together, and at the end there's a working bike to show for it.

Where the bikes went

Rather than keep the bikes, the company chose to donate them to Upcycle (upCYCLE LDN), a Brixton-based charity that widens access to cycling — refurbishing and providing bikes, training and maintenance workshops for young people across south London. A corporate afternoon becomes a bike that keeps being ridden in the community.

In the company's words

"We just completed a team-building exercise with a company. The finished balance bikes will be donated to Upcycle, a charity in Brixton, to encourage cycling."

Why it matters

A team build that ends in a donation gives a company two things at once: a shared, hands-on experience for the people who took part, and a real bike doing real good afterwards. No branded merchandise — just a working bamboo bike in someone else's hands.

About Bamboo Bicycle Club

• 4,000+ people trained to build their own bikes
• 36+ countries reached
• Building and teaching since 2012
• Lifetime build support for every kit

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