Beeline Velo 2 review: Possibly the cutest GPS keeping things delightfully simple

If you have read any of my reviews before, you’ll know that I have a soft spot for simple and no-frills technology in the bike computer world. Complexity and over-engineering are easy to achieve in cycling; simplicity, conversely, is an increasingly rarefied and less-practiced art that I have an immense amount of appreciation for. In the best bike computers particularly, we are seeing an increasingly saturated market of sprawling ecosystems, subscriptions, and bigger and bolder do-it-all promises. The Beeline Velo 2 then offers something a bit different, that’s not just Wahoo vs Garmin.

At just £99, scarcely bigger than a Jaffa Cake or a Girl Scout Cookie and perhaps one of the most adorable little bike navigation systems I’ve ever used, the Beeline Velo 2 is a stripped back but delightful companion to your riding.

So, with a bit of curiosity and cautious optimism, I relegated my often-used Garmin Edge 540 and took the Beeline Velo 2 out on roads. Together we traversed the trails and (my) questionable routing decisions, to see whether this cute button of a GPS could actually hold its own and rank amongst some of the best budget bike computers.