Plenty of bikes can be used for getting around your local metropolis, city, town, village, or hamlet, but to do it well we think a few key characteristics make a bicycle especially appropriate for this: high-up swept-back handlebars so that you're in a comfortable position and have good peripheral vision, medium width tires to navigate rough pavement, potholes, and curbs, and plenty of eyelets to accommodate practical urban accessories like grocery-getter racks, full mudguards, kickstands, and a water bottle or two.