Build a Bike
The Game
Build A Bike is a team building activity that gives back to the community! Put down your devices and get hands-on with this rewarding and challenging event. This event is way more than just building bikes – it’s about teamwork and accomplishing a common goal together.
Participants
Locations
We require an in or outdoor venue big enough for your group to play a series of games and build some bikes. Ask us for suggestions!
Duration
Example Challenges
- Giant Slingshot (space permitting!)
- Rings Out of Reach
- Twig Towers
- Tangram Teaser
- M&M Lift
- Picture Perfect: Communicate an image to your team mate by describing what you see
- Cryptic Grid Puzzle
What we provide
- Professional Hosts (all Aussie actors!)
- All game materials and challenges
- Bikes, tools and charity liaison
- Medals for everyone in the winning team!
- $20M Public Liability Insurance
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Awesome outcomes
Challenges have been specifically designed to test team’s strengths in the fields of:
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Planning & Strategy
- Creativity & Innovation
How Build a Bike works
Build A Bike combines a rewarding team building activity with an even more rewarding donation to a local bike-distribution charity! The event is hosted by professional actors who bring all the heart and humour you could hope for. They get your group into teams and explain the task ahead: the game will begin with a series of challenges that are all themed around design & engineering to gear us towards the final building component.
These games can be in or outdoor and will require teams to work together and identify your individual strengths. We steer clear of trust falls or traditional workshop icebreakers and instead play a series of hands on, interactive and fun constructions challenges. These include using limited materials to problem solve your way to a puzzle that is just out of reach, building the tallest free-standing tower, creating a pulley system to transport M&M’s to a teammate, and piecing together giant puzzles. Each challenge will involve problem solving, innovation, creativity, communication, and a certain level of MacGyver-ness to really bring out the big kid in everyone.
The top performing teams for each challenge will earn points that go towards your total score! Just before we announce the winning team, we reveal the big surprise: the final task, worth no points but all heart, will see teams build a kit-bike that will be donated to a well deserving family in a local community. With a variety of bikes for both children and adults, you’ll not only be giving the gift of joy riding but also a means of transport to work, school, and important services.
With the bikes complete and the room full of feel-good vibes, all that’s left to do is reveal the winning team from the team building component of the day (although it’s hard not to feel like everyone is a winner with this activity!). With medals around the winning teams’ necks and “We Are The Champions” being sung loud and proud, we load up the bikes and go and make a local charities’ day. We promise to make yours in the process.
Why brands, teams, friends, and family can’t get enough of Great Race!
Just wanted to personally thank you for the session you and your team provided at the U@UNSW conference. It really met all our boxes and aligned with my debrief. Its especially refreshing to partner with an organisation who just get it without the need for micro-management. So… THANK YOU. I look forward to working with you guys again in the future.
Patricia G. | UNSW
Please extend my thanks to Josh and Brett and the crew that ran our excursion last week. It was a great day and everyone who participated, students and teachers continue to rave it was great fun! Accessible, comprehensive, well times and professionally ran. Words can not really do justice to how great it was. Given our rapture with the program we will be making this an annual event.
Kathryn R. | Albert Park College Melbourne
I would love to convey how fantastic the day was, Brett and staff provided perfect activities/challenges and a level of energy which started the day with a bang. We took with us to Southbank 150 students with very cynical attitudes and what the experience helped generate is a mountain of new friendships, faith and trust in each other and a spirit of confidence and social cohesion I have been trying to achieve all year.
Wayne F. | St Peter Claver College
I organised the amazing race for a Hens party and what a blast it was! The challenges were fun, cheeky and exciting and bought out the competitive side in all of us. The memories we made that afternoon will never be forgotten. Our host on the day Antony was awesome. From the time of enquiry to the day of the event, Vanessa, was friendly, patient and very professional and made sure it all ran smoothly. Thank you! I would highly recommend this company if you’re looking for a fun activity for any event!
Megan M.
The Great Race hosted a double hen’s party for my friends (in Sydney). It was beyond amazing. Organising the race was so easy and they really listened to all of my requests – making the event Bride vs Bride with larger groups, taking into the girls’ competitive nature and emphasising the little ways to cheat. The day itself was fantastic. It was lightly raining but ponchos were provided. Everyone was set up for a day of fun by our host, Skylar. He did a fantastic job of making everyone welcome and setting the mood. My team lost by only a few points and I can really say that this didn’t dampen the mood at all. What an adventure 🙂 🙂 Thank you so so much for everything. The brides and all the hens guests had so much fun!
Mel A.
We did a Great Race as part of a hen’s night and it was a terrific day. Completely exceeded my expectations!! Very well organised and a lot of planning had been done to make it a fun interactive day. We all had such a great time. I definitely recommend. Our host Gabe was hilarious, full of energy and make sure we had smiles on our faces all day. Thanks Gabe and the Great Race team! Top day!!
Katrina S
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