eBay Daily Deals: Best deals for today only - plus free shipping! The Urban Bike. Urban City Bikes / Urban Bikes / GT Bicycles / The Official Site of GT Bicycles. Urban Utility. 12 cool urban bicycles ready to replace your car. Fuel-efficient vehicles are great. Driving less is even better. We're big bicycle fans here. Bikes are tough to beat in terms of urban transportation: they're reliable, emissions-free, take up very little parking space, and cost almost nothing to operate. Depending on your commute or the length of your errand, it's possible that a bicycle will get you where you're going faster than an automobile. For many people, a bicycle could replace a car (or a second vehicle). What is an urban bike, anyway? You can commute, get some fresh air, or fetch groceries on pretty much any bike that rolls. Features vary from bike to bike and manufacturer to manufacturer.
About the bikes we've selected We've chosen a dozen examples of purpose-built urban bicycles that would make worthy, full-time transportation. Why such expensive bicycles? We've also stuck to bicycles from manufacturers with strong reputations. Breezer Uptown 8 The Breezer Uptown 8 is an excellent example of a purpose-built urban bike.