I have owned three Downtubes (sold one) and one Citizen Miami (when this model was full-suspension), which I sold after 6 months. The Downtubes, IMO, are much better bikes although I've never ridden Citizen's Gotham model. The Downtubes also cost more ($274 vs. $349). The CEO of Downtube has stated that they will be releasing a lower cost, entry-level model called the Nova very soon, so keep this in mind as well.