{"id":19686,"date":"2017-08-22T20:42:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T19:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=19686"},"modified":"2017-08-22T20:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T19:42:26","slug":"bankside-hilton-bonds-with-bamboo-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/bankside-hilton-bonds-with-bamboo-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bankside Hilton bonds with Bamboo Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19687\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bamboo_Bicycle_club-253-e1501858742901-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bankside Hilton bonds with Bamboo Bicycles\" width=\"704\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bamboo_Bicycle_club-253-e1501858742901-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bamboo_Bicycle_club-253-e1501858742901.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/united-kingdom\/hilton-london-bankside-LONSBHI\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hilton London Bankside<\/a>\u00a0has created a special partnership that boosts local business, builds team engagement and benefits guest health.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel has launched a fleet of bicycles for guest use, with a twist. In a partnership with local business,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bamboobicycleclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bamboo Bicycle Club<\/a>, the hotel now offers guests use of six custom-built unique bamboo bicycles, built from scratch by hotel staff under the expert guidance and tuition of the team at Bamboo Bicycle Club. Fully tested by bike-riding engineers, the bicycles are beautiful, robust, easy to ride and environmentally friendlier than standard bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>With its focus on good design, and on supporting local London businesses, Hilton London Bankside wanted to offer guests something a little bit different to the average rental bike, and so engaged The Bamboo Bicycle Club, a company based in east London specialising in teaching people to build their own amazing bamboo bike from scratch. Set up by cycling enthusiasts James and Ian, The Bamboo Bicycle Club has created a community of bike builders, creative thinkers and cyclists across London and further afield. They have conducted research with Portsmouth University and worked closely with Oxford Brooks University &amp; UCL to advance the development of bamboo bikes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-service\"><div class=\"su-service-title\" style=\"padding-left:46px;min-height:32px;line-height:32px\"><i class=\"sui sui-envelope-o\" style=\"font-size:32px;color:#333\"><\/i> Subscribe to our weekly newsletter<\/div><div class=\"su-service-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"padding-left:46px\">[yikes-mailchimp form=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The bicycles have been made in Bamboo Bicycle Club&#8217;s London based workshop. The bikes were first designed digitally to test the build and allow for initial analysis. A frame-building jig was then set up which allows the frame to be built accurately with the correct alignment. The bamboo tube is cut to shape using a mitered join, and once cut to size, the tubes are joined together using a hemp composite wrap.\u00a0 The frame is then finished and waterproofed and finally the components including the wheel and handlebars are fitted.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton London Bankside&#8217;s bike-building-team consisted of Phoebe Zachariaki, Waitress at OXBO Bankside; Milan Pun, Gym Leisure Assistant; Liz Thompson, PA to General Manager; Andrew Evans, Security Manager, Liana Nastase, PR and Marketing Executive\u00a0and Georgina Morgan, PR and Marketing Manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenhotelier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bamboo_Bicycle_club-204-e1501860370968.jpg\" alt=\"Bamboo_Bicycle_club 204\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>James Clarke, General Manager, Hilton London Bankside said, &#8220;We are delighted to partner with Bamboo Bicycle Club to create these brilliant bespoke bicycles for our guests to enjoy. The building process was a great team building exercise for our six chosen bicycle-builders from different areas of the hotel staff. Hilton London Bankside constantly invests in team member development and this shows in our consistent positive staff feedback and job satisfaction. Each of the bicycles will be named after the team member that built it, with a message to let the rider know who hand-built their bicycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bicycles will be securely stationed outside Hilton London Bankside and available for hotel guests to use at any time during their stay, free of charge. Cycling is a great way to explore Bankside and the surrounding neighbourhood, with plenty of cycle routes taking in some of the best of London &#8211; including Borough Market, and the micro-breweries and foodie gems of Bermondsey or the green spaces of Greenwich Park.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton London Bankside will also create its own bicycle trail map of the local area and guests can buy a picnic box from OXBO to take on their bike ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was first published by <em>Green Hotelier<\/em>. 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