Category Archives: Lifestyle

Bike Commuting: Incentives

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 31, 2012

Tweet A definition: incentive – comes from Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from neuter of incentivus stimulating, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere to play (a tune), from in- + canere to sing – as defined by my dictionary. Bike Biz, a cycling industry publication recently served up this article on companies providing incentives for employees to cycle to work. “New [...]

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Get on the Bandwagon

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 30, 2012

Tweet Has your state gotten on the bandwagon? Or perhaps better worded as bike-wagon? As our part of the east coast starts to pick up the pieces left by Hurricane Sandy, we have found the thoughts of sunny days returning and beautiful bike rides to be a sustaining source of optimism. The above link goes [...]

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Commuting: Protecting Your Bike

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 29, 2012

Tweet We’ve started talking about bicycle commuting. One of the prime concerns, especially for new commuters is keeping your bike secure while you’re at work. More companies are making it a priority to have secure and covered bike parking, in fact in Cambridge, MA – where Montague Bikes is based – there are excellent company [...]

Also posted in Activism, Commute, Maintenance | Tagged bike theft, Fold it Up. Take it Inside., London, recovering stolen bikes | 2 Comments

How to Bike Commute Safely

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 26, 2012

Tweet Born of Dream and Desire to Bike I want to be a bike commuter. I don’t want to have to sit in traffic. I want to save some more money. I’d like to lose some weight. Being able to take the train sometimes would still be helpful… But I don’t know anything about [...]

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City Cycling Ways

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 25, 2012

Tweet Bikenomics? New York City’s seeing some changes, quantifiable ones too, and they’re coming from bicycling. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the good sense of cycling and economics. The report found that in places where New York City had implemented bike lanes, complete streets, and traffic calming that local businesses were thriving. (The data did [...]

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Folding Bike Commute

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 24, 2012

Tweet Do you ever bike to work? Do you drive part way and then pedal? (What we call Park and Pedal.) Do you ride part way and then take the train? How is your folding bike commute? Unfold and ride to work, then fold up and keep it under the desk during the workday [...]

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Folding Framesets

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 23, 2012

Tweet It’s been mentioned on Urban Velo and Bike Rumor. Bicycle Retailer covered it at InterBike. We announced it for the first time at Eurobike. What can it be? Folding Framesets. Now if you are of the inclination, interest, or skill-set to build up your own folding bike – or, want to work with a shop [...]

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Folding Bikes on the Radio

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 22, 2012

Tweet We’ve mentioned this once or twice already, this past summer Montague Bikes partnered with Prime, Inc. to help transform driver health. This has been covered in trucking industry publications and most recently on the radio! You can listen to last Thursday night’s broadcast of the Extreme Truckers Show here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/extremetruckers/2012/10/19/the-extreme-truckers-show. Montague Bikes are featured [...]

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Healthy Changes

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 18, 2012

Tweet The Familiar Story Say you’re on a road trip, your stomach starts to grumble. You keep driving for a bit. Maybe the car needs gas, maybe your friends or, let’s say the kids in the back start saying they’re hungry too. The road sign, or the GPS, or the app on your phone tells [...]

Also posted in Commute, Travel | Tagged biking, health, lifestyle change, trucking industry | 3 Comments

Bikes Thrive Where Least Expected

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 17, 2012

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 [...]