Retrospec Beaumont Step-Through City Bike (7-Speed)

For nearly twenty years, Velorution was a chain of much-loved London bike shops — the kind of places you'd pop into for a saddle and leave an hour later, mid-conversation. In 2023, after two cars crashed into two of our shops in a single month, it all came to an end.

I bought the name out of administration and I'm rebuilding Velorution as something new: honest stories about city cycling, gear genuinely worth recommending, and a bit of beauty in your inbox every week. Here's the full story.