The new Raleigh Redux is a mountain bike repurposed for the city/commuter crowd:



Bicycling Magazine just did in depth review of the new Redux 2 model:

2016 Buyer's Guide: Raleigh Redux 2 | Bicycling

Some background info:

"Which makes sense once you understand that the three-bike Redux family evolved from the Tokul, Raleigh’s 27.5-inch-wheeled hardtail mountain bike. “We live in Seattle, which has pretty bad streets and hills, and we were like, How cool would it be to take our mountain bike and go city-bombing through downtown?” says Raleigh senior product manager, Mark Landsaat. Engineers put a 29er rigid fork on the Tokul, popped on some slick tires, “and we just started playing around in the city.” The Franken-Tokul evolved into the Redux, and Raleigh aimed it toward commuters looking to avoid traffic by zipping through rutted alleys, and college students vying to stand out in a sea of fixed gears."

May just be this year's perfect MTB-inspired tough urban rig for the commuter crowd.