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Ride More, Drive Less: The 2 Mile Challenge
Last week, we looked at a report from The Wall Street Journal that suggested a link between exposure to fuel emissions and neurological disorders. While driving is sometimes necessary, we know it’s not great for our health: as part of a sedentary lifestyle, it can contribute to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and now, even [...]
Also posted in Activism, Commute, Environment, Lifestyle Tagged 2 Mile Challenge, Commute, commuter, Environment, foldable bikes, folding bicycle, folding bike, full-size folding bike, Montague folding bike 3 Comments
Bike Lock vs. Tree
In many cities, there are local ordinances that prohibit using trees as bike racks. Several years ago, I was running some errands, and as there weren’t any official bike racks on the block, I locked to a small tree, and ran into a store for maybe 10 minutes. By the time I returned, I found [...]
Ease Traffic Congestion, Ease Your Mind: Ride a Bike
I recently read an article in The Wall Street Journal titled “The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams”, which examined the effects of prolonged exposure to vehicle emissions on the brain. While it’s too early to draw any direct connections between car exhaust neurological disorders, scientists’ findings revealed preliminary links to an array of neurological conditions, [...]
Also posted in Environment, Lifestyle Tagged bike commute, Commute, folding bike, health, traffic, vehicle emissions 3 Comments
World Champion Cyclist talks with the Folding Bikes Blog
While we here at Montague and the Folding Bikes Blog concentrate on certain aspects of cycling more than others, we still like to take the occasional foray into areas we don’t focus on as much. We do a lot of commuting and recreational cycling, but we also harbor an avid interest in bike racing. Recently, [...]
Also posted in Bike Racing, Travel Tagged Austria, bike racing, bike racing advice, CCB, Masters racing, road race, St. Johann, Tim Mitchell, time trial, training Leave a comment
Can Better Infrastructure put us on the Path to a New Cycle?
As we’ve been discussing recently, it’s not easy to be a cyclist on the streets of an American city – cars and bikes are too often competing for the same space, bikes are travelling on roads that have not been designed with them in mind (e.g. bike lanes that place riders squarely in the dreaded [...]
Also posted in Commute, Environment, Lifestyle, Recreation Tagged bicycle, bike commute, bike lanes, bike transport, cargo bikes, Commute, cycles, infrastructure, transportation, Velonews 1 Comment
No Car Diet? Let’s Try It!
ZipCar wants it both ways. On the one hand, they’re trying to get people on board with a Low Car Diet by encouraging them to walk, bike, take public transportation, or rent a ZipCar, instead of using their personal vehicles. It’s a great idea, because it helps people realize that they don’t need to drive [...]
Octagon Featured on BikeSnobNYC
If you are a regular visitor to this blog, you probably know that in addition to a complete line of full-size folding bikes, Montague also designs and manufactures bicycle components, with an eye to make riding easier, safer, and more comfortable. To this end, Montague recently introduced the Octagon – a component that lets you [...]
Also posted in Lifestyle, accessories Tagged accessories, after market, Bike Snob NYC, cockpit, comfort, components, folding bike, height-adjustable, Octagon, retrofit Leave a comment
International Walk or Bike to School Day
There are a lot of events and specialty days and months dedicated to getting people on their bikes. Back in May, we talked about Bike-to-Work Day/Week/Month, and just a couple of weeks ago, International Car-Free Day/Week. But today is International Walk/Bike to School Day, which is actually part of a larger movement (pun intended) to [...]
Also posted in Activism, Commute, Events, Lifestyle Tagged Bike Advocacy, Bike to School, Kids Leave a comment
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