Category Archives: Recreation

Would you dress in Tweed for a bike rally?

By Montague Bikes | Published: June 19, 2013

Tweet All you have to do is dress up in traditional British cycling attire. Easy and fun, don’t you think? Since the first official “Tweed Run”, held in London back in January 2009, popularity of the event has continued to grow, so much so that the number of competitors is usually limited, and almost always [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend in DC

By Montague Bikes | Published: May 29, 2013

Tweet This past weekend we celebrated Memorial Day in the US, a holiday to honor the men and women who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. What better way to spend it than visiting the U.S. capital? On Friday afternoon I folded my Montague bike, stashed it in the trunk, and went [...]

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Journey into the Unknown

By Montague Bikes | Published: November 5, 2012

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 [...]

Also posted in Adventure, Environment, Events, Lifestyle, Travel | Tagged 60 mile bike trek, folding bike rides, November adventure, solo bike adventures | 4 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 [...]

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Tour de Somerville: Edge of the City Tour

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 15, 2012

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 [...]

Also posted in Activism, Adventure, Events, Lifestyle | Tagged Alewife Brook, Edge of the City Tour, Group Rides, Redbones, Somerville Bicycle Committee, Tour de Somerville, Tufts University | Leave a comment

Folding Adventure: Journey to Maine

By Montague Bikes | Published: October 4, 2012

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. [...]

Also posted in Adventure, Lifestyle, Travel | Tagged Acadia National Park, boating, folding bike adventures, folding bikes on a boat, Montague owners adventures, Montague Paratrooper | Leave a comment

The Sense and Cents of Cycling

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 27, 2012

Tweet 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 levels of infrastructure, and told us what we had long suspected: that bicycling makes a [...]

Also posted in Activism, Commute, Environment | Tagged economic benefits of bicycling, economics, League of American Cyclists | 2 Comments

Anecdotes: A local lunch hour adventure

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 14, 2012

Tweet 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 time for what will most likely be the [...]

Also posted in Adventure, Lifestyle | Tagged bicycle adventures, Boca Grande, burritos, Montague bikes office lunch trip | 1 Comment

Folding Adventure

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 4, 2012

Tweet We have just completed Labor Day weekend, what that is generally regarded as the end of summer. Some people have gotten married. Some have moved away and begun university. Our crew from HQ has just returned from Eurobike. We look now to the autumn and great cycling adventures. This weekend, we folded up the [...]

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Oh, The Places We Can Go!

By Montague Bikes | Published: August 27, 2012

Tweet Here at Montague HQ the intense temperatures of high summer have become a bit friendlier for cycling adventures. Montague Bikes is at Eurobike this week, but closer to home we’ve been taking full advantage of what folding bikes can do. Folding up and into an RV, this Crosstown is ready to take on the [...]

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