Who could resist a bike good-looking enough to double as wall art? “Stripped for all unnecessary equipment,” according to its designers, the Alta bike gets down to the basics for a no-frills ride through the city streets. “Simplifying the essence of a bike is the basic idea behind Alta Bikes,” explains ThisNexter elmanco, adding “I love Scandinavian design!” Also a fan of that Scandinavian style, shopcaster lifeiscarbon regards the “cult fixed wheel/no gear street racing bike” as an “affordable design classic.” And, back when the Alta first debuted in 2004, Treehugger raved that the bike is “sleek, fast, comfortable, and — for all you hipsters out there — looks damn fine.” So fine, in fact, that “it looks equally good hanging in your apartment as it does wooshing down Broadway. You’ll happily eschew pollution-producing cabs and buses in exchange for yet another good, clean mode of transport.”