The Citizen, one of our perennial favorites, a bike that squarely splits the difference between comfort and practicality, was re-designed for 2011 and the response was resoundingly all thumbs up.

Taking some styling cues from the smooth, sexy lines of the Hudson, we gave the Citizen a sleekly arcing top tube for the Men’s frames, with the women’s frames receiving double S-bend tubes for a swoopy step-through frame that’s easy to hop aboard, and preserves the Citizen’s reputation for being well-mannered and easy to handle.

Citizens were born-and-bred 25 years ago as street bikes and they remain so today.