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Category Archives: Adventure
Summer Reading and the Montague Paratrooper Folding Bike
If you’re heading to the beach or the campsite this summer and looking for a good read, or even if you’re just hanging out at the house on a rainy day, you should definitely check out The Bicycle in Wartime: An Illustrated History by Jim Fitzpatrick. While The Bicycle in Wartime is an accessible, informative [...]
Also posted in General Tagged bike history, military bike, military folding bike, Montague folding bike, Paratrooper folding bike Leave a comment
Fun Things to do with your Folding Bike
Here at Montague we tend to focus on how great our folding bikes are for commuting – since they’re so easy to put in the trunk of your car or take on the train, they make bike commuting a viable option, even if you live too far from work to ride your bike the whole [...]
Also posted in General, Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel Tagged bike trail, Boat, folding bike, outdoors, Travel, travel bike 6 Comments
Following the Pros with your Folding Bike: Liège-Bastogne-Liège
The Race: Liège-Bastogne-Liège This Sunday, April 24th, will be the 97th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. This race is an out-and-back course, 161 miles total: the first leg, from Liège to Bastogne is approximately 65 miles, and the return leg is approximately 96 miles, with most of the long, steep climbs coming in the final 60 miles [...]
Also posted in Bike Racing, General, Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel Tagged Belgium, bike racing, folding bike, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, touring, Travel, travel bike 1 Comment
Folding Bikes to the Rescue
With our current frame design having been originally developed for the US military, our bikes have a long history of service. They’re work horses that don’t mind putting in the long hours. And while the Paratrooper is doing government work, our Swissbike is helping out one private ambulance company in the UK. Andrew Bevan, a medic [...]
Also posted in Commute, General, Lifestyle, Uncategorized Tagged folding bicycle, folding bike, montague, montague customers, SwissBike 2 Comments
Following the Pros with your Montague Folding Bike: Tour of Flanders
New Spring/Summer Folding Bike Blog Series This is the first of a series of posts where we feature a prominent bike race and the city/region where it is held. Each of these posts will consist of 2 main parts: a brief introduction to the race, its history, and any interesting developments, and an overview of [...]
Also posted in Bike Racing, Lifestyle, Travel Tagged Belgium, bike racing, bike travel, folding bike, Montague Fit, Montague Navigator, Montague Paratrooper, Tour of Flanders, Travel, travel bike 3 Comments
From Bikes to Flights
One of the many wonderful features of Montague folding bicycles is that they fold up and can fit easily on public transportation, in the trunk of a car, or even on a plane. In fact, if you’re traveling by plane, whether it’s a commercial airliner or small single engine Cessna, a Montague folding bike is [...]
Folding Bikes Around The World
Montague customers continually amaze me with the stories they so graciously share with us. We hear from people all over the world who use their Montague bikes on all kinds of adventures. Here are just a few of the adventures we’ve heard about recently. Bob Bob bought his Montague SwissBike LX that he could keep [...]
Also posted in Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel Tagged airplane, LX folding bike, Montague Boston, montague customers, paratrooper, RV, single speed folding bike, Travel, travel bike, X70 folding bike 4 Comments
7 Tips to Extend Your Bike Riding Season
Here in the northeast the mornings are starting to get frosty but the days are still comfortable, the foliage is beautiful and there is plenty of great riding to do. If the climate is getting cooler where you live, don’t let the temperatures keep you from enjoying your bike as late into the season as [...]
Also posted in Lifestyle, Recreation Tagged bike path, bike trail, folding bike, outdoors, riding tips, travel bike 1 Comment
How Far Can Two Folding Bikes Go in One Day?
This is a guest post from Oliver Letz who packed more into a single day with 2 Montague X70′s than most people pack into a week! Have a story you’d like to share with Montague blog readers about your bike adventures. E-mail us at marketing@montaguebikes.com. If we use your story we’ll send you some cool [...]
Also posted in Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel Tagged airplane, Cessna, montague customers, Travel, X70 folding bike 6 Comments
Is a Bicycle Faster than an Airplane?