by Montague Bikes | Aug 27, 2012 | Adventure, Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel |
Here at Montague HQ the intense temperatures of high summer have become a bit friendlier for cycling adventures. Montague Bikes is at Eurobike this week, but closer to home we’ve been taking full advantage of what folding bikes can do. Folding up and into an...
by Montague Bikes | Aug 24, 2012 | Commute, Lifestyle, Maintenance |
First Timer Bottom Bracket Install on a Boston 8 We took out a square taper bottom bracket last time, and now we’re installing something of completely different style. An integrated bottom bracket and crank set situation. These are SRAM Omnium cranks which...
by Montague Bikes | Aug 22, 2012 | Commute, Lifestyle |
Recently Focus Forward Films examined the Hovding. It took two lady design students in Sweden seven years to develop. It looks and wears like a scarf, but at the crucial moment inflates into some of the most comprehensive head and neck protection a cyclist could...
by Montague Bikes | Aug 21, 2012 | Activism, Lifestyle |
It has come to pass that you can study bicycles at school – higher education to be precise. No longer solely the intellectual property of cycling enthusiasts, couriers, athletes, and annoyed motorists, academia has claimed its stake in the ongoing conversation...
by Montague Bikes | 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...
by Montague Bikes | 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...
