Indoor Cycling Near Me in Holborn: Revolt Cycling's Energy-Generating Bikes

Revolt Cycling is at Unit 3, 37-39 High Holborn, London WC1V 6AA, by the junction with Chancery Lane, and its 40 bikes send the power you produce back into the building. Founder Celeste Blakey opened it in September 2025 as what it calls London's first sustainable fitness studio, and new riders can start with the Revolt Triple, three classes for £45. If your search for indoor cycling near me starts at Chancery Lane station, this is the closest ride.

Blakey's route to Holborn ran through a master's in global hospitality business that took her to Switzerland, Hong Kong and Texas, and she told Broadsheet she tried a spin class in every place she travelled. Back in London she worked in hospitality sustainability and private equity before building a fitness brand with sustainability as a bonus rather than the sales pitch. Her stated reason: most people still will not pay extra just for green credentials.

That thinking shows in small details. Chair fabrics are upcycled, the paint is water-based, the timber is FSC-certified and the plumbing is chosen for efficiency. The welcome note on the website is signed simply Celeste, and the instructor roster is short enough to learn by name: Ciarán Connolly, Rory McNerney, Ellie Tanfield, Lana McKenna and Izzy Roberts all teach Ride, with Rory also coaching Strength.

The bikes are Energym models that convert pedalling into electricity. Blakey's own estimate is that an average rider in a 45-minute class produces enough to charge a MacBook, and a full room of 40 riders gets to roughly 80 percent of what a British home uses in a day. She is careful not to overclaim: the classes do not yet power the whole studio, and renewable energy covers the gap.

What changes for you on the bike is the leaderboard. Instead of a ranking of who is fastest, the idea is a shared power grid that the room fills together, which tends to make the final sprint feel more like a team effort than a race. Riders who care about numbers still get them in the Metrics format, while everyone else can ignore the screen entirely.

Ride: Metrics is the data class, built on intervals around power, cadence and endurance so you can track progress week to week. Ride: Rhythm drops the numbers and leaderboards completely and runs on sound-driven intervals, drops and rises synced to the playlist. If you have never clipped into a spin bike, book Rhythm first; the instructor sets the effort and you follow the beat.

Bring your own cycling shoes only if they use SPD or Look Keo cleats, which the bikes accept; otherwise shoes, towels and water are all provided. Beyond the bike, the timetable adds yoga, Pilates and a 50-minute Strength class using TRX, kettlebells and bodyweight stations, plus an infrared sauna. The sauna is included unlimited on the Founder's Membership, so members can stack it straight after a ride.

You check in at the front desk at street level, then head downstairs, where the studios and changing rooms sit. The look is blonde timber with green walls and green chairs. Showers are temperature-controlled and push-activated, stocked with products from the eco brand Miniml, so pack light if you are going straight back to an office on Chancery Lane or in the legal quarter.

The protein bar upstairs is worth one stop, but keep it to one shake. Broadsheet's write-up names two: Power Greens with spinach, mango, almond butter, vanilla protein and flax seed, and Full Charge with banana, almond milk, chocolate protein, peanut butter and espresso. Skip the Full Charge before an evening class; espresso after 6pm is a poor trade for the sleep you came here to earn.

The Revolt Triple is for new clients only: three classes for £45, usable across any discipline, but they expire two weeks after purchase. Plan the three dates before buying. The Founder's Membership costs £150 a month and covers unlimited rides, yoga or Pilates, two guest passes a month, unlimited sauna sessions, 10 percent off at the protein bar and a limited-edition Founder's hoodie.

Cancellation runs on a 12-hour line. Members who drop out later than that pay £8, and a no-show is £15. Class-pack holders do not pay a fee but lose the credit. Students can get 20 percent off class packs through Student Beans. Booking runs through the Revolt website or app, which is a Mariana Tek system, so set notifications if you are chasing a full evening ride.

Hours listed on Broadsheet's directory run Monday to Thursday 6am to 8pm, Friday 6:30am to 8pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm, with no Sunday sessions shown. That makes Saturday mornings the only weekend window, and they are also the slots most likely to fill. On weekdays the 6am opening gives you a full ride before most Holborn offices open.

If the class you want is full and it is already the day before, do not wait on a cancellation. Swap to a yoga or Pilates slot to use the same pack, or move across to Psycle's Bank studio at 40 Coleman Street, about a 20-minute walk east, which runs Ride on a separate timetable. A rainy evening is the one time the walk is not worth it; book the next morning instead.

Two minutes south across High Holborn is Lincoln's Inn Fields, the largest public square in London, where Sir John Soane's Museum keeps its crammed rooms of architectural fragments, paintings and the sarcophagus of Seti I. Entry is free, and it is a far gentler way to cool down than heading straight for the Central line.

Heading north instead, Leather Lane's weekday street-food market runs a few minutes away, feeding much of Holborn at lunchtime. A short walk east along Holborn brings you to Staple Inn, whose timber-framed Tudor frontage is one of the oldest street fronts left in central London and a useful landmark if you are meeting friends after class.

Address: Unit 3, 37-39 High Holborn, London WC1V 6AA. Phone: 07502 604853 (as listed by Broadsheet). Nearest Tube: Chancery Lane on the Central line, with Holborn also walkable. Classes: Ride: Metrics, Ride: Rhythm, yoga, Pilates, Strength, plus an infrared sauna. Shoes, towels and water are provided. First-time offer: three classes for £45, two-week expiry. Instagram: @revolt_cycling.