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Go Pro Camera Mount: How To

Tweet You’ve probably seen the portable Go Pro cameras on the market. They’re very easy to mount on a helmet or handlebars to capture riding footage, but we wanted a perspective that would show the bike as well. For this we put together a homemade bracket to mount our Go Pro on the rear axle. [...]
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It’s a Bike. It’s a Boat… No it’s a Bootfiets!

Tweet A vehicle you may have never seen before; part bicycle, part boat, and all human powered. One ambitious man from the Netherlands is taking this vehicle around the world, circling the equator by land and by sea, all under his own power. Ebrahim Hemmatnia started his journey in the Netherlands on April 20th. He started [...]
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X90 Video: The Making Of

Tweet We recently went out to do some filming for a video featuring the Montague Swissbike X90. The beautiful weather meant we were able to hit the local trails to capture some great mountain biking shots. Dave, Marta, and Iñigo started the shoot at Lynn Woods Reservation. In addition to our main camera, we had [...]
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The Who on Tour with Montague Bikes

Tweet It’s no secret that Montague folding bikes are great to travel with. And when your occupation has you traveling constantly, a Montague bike can make a great companion on the road. When that occupation is touring with one of the greatest British rock bands of all time, you’ll find yourself in a new city [...]
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Journey into the Unknown

Tweet We’ve been talking about commuting recently, this adventure is a byproduct of bike commuting growing into a greater love of cycling. November Adventure This past weekend I undertook an adventure a long time in the making. Since becoming a more and more enthusiastic cyclist, moving from mostly just commuting to and from work to [...]
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Halloween Ride: Boston

Tweet What happens when you take hundreds of enthusiastic cyclists, put them together on Halloween and let them loose on the streets? The Halloween Bike Ride is what happens! Hundreds of costumed cyclists gathered in Jamaica Plain on Halloween and rode out. Inventive cyclists with mobile speaker systems on bike trailers DJ-ed the ride. Boston’s [...]
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Bikes Thrive Where Least Expected

Tweet Maybe you’ve heard about the bike lanes in New York, bike shares taking off across the world, and the other cycling headlines. “Sure, that’s great for them – all this bicycle hullabaloo  But that’s not happening where I live,” you might think. But prepare to be pleasantly surprised; bikes are making a difference in places [...]
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Tour de Somerville: Edge of the City Tour

Tweet In the town next door to Montague HQ there is a vibrant bicycle group, the Somerville Bicycle Committee. Each year for the past 20 years they have hosted the Tour de Somerville, this year’s theme was the “Edge of the City Tour” which was just that – a group bicycle ride around the city [...]
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Riding the Open Road

Tweet   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 ridden streets and crazy [...]
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Folding Adventure: Journey to Maine

Tweet 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 of  BoatU.S. [...]
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