The latest new bike from Britain’s Pashley is a small-wheeled mini velo called the Skyline that’s “designed for day-to-day riding across multiple surfaces including road, parks and light gravel” and is made in Stratford-upon-Avon from Reynolds steel tubing. It’s available in three very different guises, starting at £1,795.

2025 Pashley Skyline drop bar portrait
2025 Pashley Skyline drop bar portrait (Image Credit: Pashley)

The Skyline is an adult bike with small 20-inch wheels. Pashley says the design “has been inspired by the fun, versatile and practical small-wheeled bicycles being ridden by the ‘in the know, style conscious’ to navigate the great cities across the world.”

Pashley has already been really busy this year with the launch of the Roadfinder back in January and the Wildfinder ‘grountain bike’ – is it a gravel bike or a mountain bike? – last month.

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2025 Pashley Skyline drop bar full bike
2025 Pashley Skyline drop bar full bike (Image Credit: Pashley)

Pashley says, “The Skyline embodies the essence of mini velo culture and delivers a beautifully hand-crafted bicycle equally for the crosstown traffic conquering commuter, weekend escape artist or café culture lifestyle lover – it’s full of attitude, promise and surprise. A joy to ride with smile-inducing properties.”

2025 Pashley Skyline Reynolds tubing
2025 Pashley Skyline Reynolds tubing (Image Credit: Pashley)

Okay, so what do you get here? Well, the frame is made from a combination of Reynolds 725, 631 and 525 double-butted steel tubing.

“The frame’s geometry takes all the advantages of the 20-inch wheels combined with a controlled and comfortable riding position with direct, confident handling across a variety of terrains,” says Pashley.

Here’s the geometry chart…

2025 Pashley Skyline geometry
2025 Pashley Skyline geometry (Image Credit: Pashley)

If you want to load it up, the frame comes with mounting points for front and rear racks, frame bags, mudguards and bottle cages, and you get space for tyres up to 2.3 inches wide. Pashley is keen to big-up the Skyline’s versatility.

Pashley CEO Andy Smallwood says, “You could be riding through the city, local village, commuting to work or just out for fun – simply enjoying the exhilaration you get on two wheels. The Skyline mini velo will let you (re)discover the joy of cycling, whilst fitting in with your lifestyle and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. For some it will be the n+1, for everyone else it will be the only one.”

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Why the 20-inch wheels? The idea is that the Skyline is easy to store where space is tight – whether that’s at home, work, or when being transported – and you get the choice of swept back, riser or drop handlebars. All options come with disc brakes.

2025 Pashley Skyline top tube
2025 Pashley Skyline top tube (Image Credit: Pashley)

Pashley’s lead designer Jon Cumperpatch says, “With Skyline we wanted to design a highly adaptable platform to allow riders to create unique builds that show their personality. The frameset has the ability to change dropout standards, run hub gears, singlespeed or derailleur drivetrains, change cable guides for clean routing, add a dropper post, mount racks, cages and bags, fit big volume tyres, etc.

“A combination of Reynolds tubes has been chosen for durability and superior ride characteristics. Slightly elongated top tubes create a stable wheelbase and allow fitment of drop and flat handlebars, and short chainstays make for snappy acceleration. The front-end geometry has been designed to mimic a larger wheeled bike for familiarity and predictable handling.”

2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine rear basket
2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine rear basket (Image Credit: Pashley)

The frames are finished with a protective e-coating and powder-coated finish.

The Pashley Skyline is available as a frameset for £995. It’s also available in three complete builds:

  • Pashley Skyline Alfine 8 Flat Bar from £1,895
  • Pashley Skyline Sword/Advent Drop Bar from £1,895
  • Pashley Skyline Microshift Advent Flat Bar from £1,775

Check out full builds here. 

We’re getting Cannondale Hooligan vibes from the more rugged builds. 

2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine hub
2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine hub (Image Credit: Pashley)

All three options come with 20-inch alloy disc rims (with 25mm internal width) built with Sapim spokes, the disc brakes are from either Shimano or Tektro, and Brooks provides the saddles.

2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine Brooks saddle
2025 Pashley Skyline Alfine Brooks saddle (Image Credit: Pashley)

All Pashleys can be tailored to your preferred spec, and custom colours cost from £75.

www.pashley.co.uk