Commute By Bike readers already have seen several of the city / urban bikes announced by some of the bigger names in the bike industry. I talked to several vendors who confirmed that they view city bikes and cruisers as a hot trend, and many of them have jumped in on the action. “City Bikes [...]

Last spring Swobo made big waves when they released their line of minimalistic bikes built for everyday urban use. Focusing on internal hubs, slick looks and well thought out designs, these bikes are great additions to the commuter world of bikes. Here at Interbike they’ve released several new models including the Del Norte. This steel [...]

Quality Bicycle Supplies (who also owns Salsa, Surly and Dimension/Problem Solvers) showed off their new brand today. Civia Cycles are incredibly high end commuter bikes spec’d and priced higher than anything else I’ve seen on the market. They are launching with four builds available of the Hyland… Rohloff, Alfine, Derailer and Singlespeed. Each Hyland comes [...]

For those who think the $1900 Breezer Finesse is a bit much for a commuter bike, here is GT Bicycle’s take on the utility bike: The GT Transeo Series. It’s fairly bare bones, but this bike starts at $395. Unlike some fancier commuter bikes introduced at Interbike 2007, you don’t have to worry about this [...]

This is Joe Breeze with his new Breezer Finesse. Breeze calls this his “dream bike.” This 28 pound dream bike is equipped with Shimano’s Alfine group and has a carbon fiber seatpost and front fork, bright integrated lights (with standlight) powered by the Shimano Alfine front hub dynamo. It’s a beautiful bike and will retail [...]

Korean Minibike Originally uploaded by richardmasoner. I’m at Interbike now and have uploaded my first batch of photos which you can see here. Shown here is a lightweight mini bicycle from the Korean Alton Sports. Minibicycles are big in Korea and Japan, but haven’t made much headway here in the United States. Alton is at [...]