Sep 24, 2012 | Activism, Adventure, Environment, Events, Lifestyle |
Yesterday, in the fair city of Boston was the 8th annual Hub on Wheels ride. Participants from as far away as Colorado and even London came to ride the streets of Boston. This is not a race – it is a celebration of cycling in Boston, and what a city that...
Sep 10, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Environment |
The Economist weighs in from across the pond in this article about cycling in America. Several noteworthy trends include: overall trips have increased over the past thirty-some-odd years, showing remarkable increases in cycling across the United States over...
Sep 5, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Environment |
Across the Pond Bicycles are getting people up and out of their chairs, striving forward for change on both sides of the Atlantic. Last week at Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Germany the European Cyclists’ Federation met. The Federation, which began in 1983, has...
Sep 4, 2012 | Adventure, Environment, Recreation, Travel |
We have just completed Labor Day weekend, what that is generally regarded as the end of summer. Some people have gotten married. Some have moved away and begun university. Our crew from HQ has just returned from Eurobike. We look now to the autumn and great cycling...
Aug 20, 2012 | Commute, Environment, Lifestyle, Recreation |
What you see above is an image of what the streets of San Jose, CA look like when mapped for ease of bike-ability. Looks like a lot of islands doesn’t it? Islands Peter Furth, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Boston’s Northeastern...
Aug 17, 2012 | Environment, General, Lifestyle |
Whether purchased new or used, a bike is an investment. And yet so often we see bicycles looking like this: Which is not how we imagine our bicycles will look when we first get them. Here at Montague HQ we are of the simple philosophy of fold it up and take it...
