FOLDING BIKES BLOG
Stories, tutorials, and advice from the Montague Bikes team.Riding the Open Road
A Boston Globe reviewer, Ty Burr - recently weighed in on what it is to be an urban cyclist, and why he has been bike commuting for the past 10 years. He recounts daily cycling commutes from the suburbs where he lives into the heart of Boston. From pot-hole...
Not Just A Sport: Cycling as Transit
Changes in the Mediterranean In a followup to a report by the BBC earlier this week on bicycle sales in Italy surpassing auto sales, Martha White of TIME tuned in with some further reaching reports from other parts of the world. TIME reports that in parts of Europe...
Folding Adventure: Journey to Maine
A new Montague owner in Maine sent in this recent trip taken with their new Paratroopers! "My husband and I live on a remote island off the coast of Maine and like to explore the coast in our small lobster boat. We saw a description of the Montague bikes in an issue...
Bike Sales Surpass Car Sales in Italy
The BBC recently reported that for the first time in decades bicycle sales surpassed automobile sales in Italy. The year 2011 saw around 1.75 million bicycles sold in Italy, over 2,000 more than the number of cars registered. While Italy has long had a strong...
Helmets are as helmets do?
Happenings with Helmets An article was posted in the New York Times by Elisabeth Rosenthal last week about helmet usage. In the article she relays a recent experience of partaking in the bike sharing program of Paris, France and how seemingly no rider utilizes a...
Putting a New Spin on Advocacy
Across the world where there are bicycles, there are advocacy groups. At this year's Eurobike industry leaders teamed up with the European Cyclists' Federation, on an international level within the EU to expand cycling support and infrastructure. Within the United...
The Sense and Cents of Cycling
The League of American Cyclists recently released a follow up report to the ground breaking 2009 report, The Economic Benefits of Bicycle Infrastructure Investments. The initial report took data from across the nation, from rural and urban environments, different...
Mission Report: InterBike 2012
Tales from Vegas live on in the imagination long after they have passed. Our crew has returned from InterBike 2012 and the desert. Montague HQ Mission report from the show: Before the doors opened, Montague Folding Bikes booth at the ready: Once the Flood Gates...
History Lesson
Imajinsha, or Imajin Co. - a Japanese publisher of children's and educational books recently put the final touches on a new quiz book, as part of their educational book series. One of the sections features bicycles, and you may recognize one of the shots in...
Mission Report: Hub on Wheels
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 embraces...
Changing Lanes
Earlier this week we spoke briefly about the recent tragic deaths of Boston area cyclists in traffic accidents. A great deal of conversation has been doing on as to the why... Cyclists must speak up. Boston Magazine associate editor Casey Lyons posted a blog entry on...
InterBike 2012: Tales from the Desert
Coming to you live from Las Vegas, it's InterBike 2012! Here are some shots of booth #24105 in those quiet final moments yesterday morning just before doors opened for the first influx of the 2012 show! Here's a tantalizing tidbit to hold you over for now: The top...
To Save a Life
Within a shockingly short period of time there have been a number of cyclists killed in the Boston are due to traffic incidents. Recently a gentleman was hit and killed in Wellesley. Within the past week both a young woman in her early-30s and another gentleman...
The Stage is Set!
The stage is set! The curtains are drawn, the audience awaits with baited breath, the show is about to begin! What show you ask? InterBike, of course! We'll see you in the desert! Come by for the Bike Smash, Fashion Show, or the exciting new program! Starting...
What Happens in Vegas
There's a well used saying from films that we all seem to have heard at one point or another, "what happens in Vegas - stays in Vegas" ... but not this time. We want to tell you all about Vegas - we're talking about InterBike of course, the largest bicycle trade show...
Anecdotes: A local lunch hour adventure
We're looking at the final days of summer, at least in the technical sense, and the treasured moments for effortless bike rides are coming to a close. Autumn shall bring with it the anticipated unexpected shifts in weather. And so we here at Montague HQ knew it was...
Urban Velo
The Montague Boston frameset was featured on Urban Velo yesterday. As part of the upcoming frameset program offering for 2013, Urban Velo took a look at this folding frame with track drop outs. We'll be releasing more details at next week's InterBike, so stay...
Above and Beyond: Infrastructure
In London the landscape architecture firm Exterior Architecture has put together the innovative idea of Sky Cycle, a system of elevated cycle tracks all over the extended London metropolitan area. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgiEspxp9PQ&feature=youtu.be Their...
