The Step-Through
For short, frequent trips in ordinary clothes. Low frame, upright bars, full guards — you step on and go without a second thought.
Everyday Bicycles
Bicycles for the unhurried city
Upright, quiet and built to be ridden in ordinary clothes. Every Cadence frame leaves our workshop tuned, fendered and ready for the commute you actually make.
Built & tuned in Brooklyn
Two-year workshop care included
12 yrs
In the workshop
Building city bicycles from one narrow room off a bike lane since 2012.
48 hrs
Build & tune
Every frame is assembled, trued and road-tested by hand before it ships.
30 days
To change your mind
Ride it through a real month of commutes. Swap or return, unhurried.
2 years
Free servicing
Brakes, gears and bearings looked after at the bench, on us.
Selected pieces
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Quietly considered
A short list of the pieces we ride ourselves — frames, bags and lights chosen for how they wear in, not how loudly they arrive.
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Complete Bicycles
Marlow 8 City Bike
Our flagship step-through: eight internal gears, a full chaincase and an upright position that keeps your head in the traffic, not in the tarmac.
$1,290 View -
Complete Bicycles
Kestrel Step-Through
A lighter, simpler sibling to the Marlow, finished in muted sage with tan gum-wall tyres and a rear rack braced for a week of groceries.
$1,180 View -
Bags & Baskets
Harrow Saddle Bag
Waxed cotton and bridle leather, sized for a tube, two levers and a multitool. It will outlast several bicycles.
$84 View -
Bags & Baskets
Fenwick Handlebar Bag
Everything you want within reach — a phone, a wallet, a paperback — carried in olive waxed cotton on solid brass buckles.
$96 View -
Lights & Fenders
Lumen Front Light
A shaped 400-lumen beam that lights the road without dazzling anyone coming the other way. Machined aluminium, USB-C, forty hours.
$58 View -
Locks & Security
Bastion Folding Lock
Hardened steel links that fold into something the size of a water bottle. Real security without a D-lock digging into your back.
$110 View
Our story
Made for the ride you actually make
We started in a narrow workshop off a bike lane, tired of machines designed for races nobody was riding. Cadence bicycles are upright, forgiving and quiet — sized for cobbles, kerbs and the last mile home.
- 01 Upright by design Relaxed geometry that keeps your head up and your back straight in traffic.
- 02 Quiet running gear Internal hubs and full chaincases, so the only sound is the road.
- 03 Parts you can replace Standard sizes and open standards. Nothing proprietary, nothing disposable.
Find your fit
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Which bicycle suits your week?
Three shapes cover almost every city journey. Pick by the ride you make most often, not by the one you imagine making.
The Single Speed
For a clean, direct commute across level ground. Almost nothing to service, almost nothing to go wrong, and light enough for stairs.
The Utility
For the ride that carries something back. Braced racks front and rear, wider tyres, gearing that forgives a hill with a full basket.
The journal
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Notes from the bike lane
Short, useful writing on riding in cities — maintenance you can do at the kitchen table, and the small habits that make a commute pleasant.
The Quiet Commute: Riding a City You Already Know
The fastest route is rarely the best one. On finding the version of your commute that you will actually look…
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Five Minutes at the Kitchen Table: Chain Care
Ninety per cent of drivetrain wear is preventable with a rag and five minutes a month. Here is the whole…
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Riding Through Winter Without Dreading It
Winter riding is almost entirely a solved problem, and the solutions are cheaper and duller than people expect.
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Visit us
Book a fitting at the workshop
Forty-five unhurried minutes with a mechanic: saddle height, bar reach, gearing for your route home. Free with any complete bicycle, and always without pressure.
Fittings run Tuesday to Saturday. This is a demonstration store — no real appointments are taken.