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Three easy steps to ride your bike in the rain

Rain. If there is one thing that keeps cyclists at home or forces them into the car on their daily commute, it’s rain. It’s tough to argue that riding in the rain makes commuting on the bike and cycling in general more challenging, however, it doesn’t need to be impossible. There are plenty of us [...]
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What does cycling mean to you?

Now that National Bike Month has passed now is the perfect time for cyclists to keep the momentum gained in May and reflect on what it is we love about the bike and share with our non-cycling friends why the draw to two wheels is so strong. I’ll start the list here but the number [...]
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Commuters biking tips for the new or experienced rider

Montague Folding Bikes have a long history in both the road bike and mountain bike market (we’ve been around for 23 years now!)  We’ve recently heard from a lot of Montague riders about their long distance treks and competitive mountain bike racing (keep the stories coming and we’ll get up as many as we can [...]
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The 20,000 mile bike ride

What is the Pan American Highway? The Vogel family set out on June 8, 2008 for the adventure of a lifetime-biking the Pan American Highway from Alaska to Argentina.  Their two boys, Daryle and Davy, both 11, are attempting to land themselves in the record books by being the youngest people in history to complete [...]
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Where to Bike With Montague: Napa Valley

Montague Bikes continues its “Where to Bike with Montague” series a little closer to home.  Napa Valley offers some of the most beautiful landscape (and the best wine!) in the country and, thankfully for us, equally amazing cycling.  Whether you’re looking for an organized tour that provides bikes, lodging, dinners and wine tasting, or looking [...]
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Celebrate the Mass Commuter Challenge Tonight 5-7

Cambridge: MassCommuter Challenge Bike Bash! WhenWed, May 26, 5pm – 7pm Website: http://masscommuterchallenge.org/bike-bash/ Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Time 5 pm 7:30 pm Location: address: Flat Top Johnny’s, One Kendall Square city: Cambridge zip: Event Description After everything is said and done, we celebrate the conclusion of the MassCommuter Challenge with the event wrap up [...]
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Jacob Fisher: XTERRA Triathalete with Montague Folding Bikes

We at Montague Folding Bikes love to hear from our riders.  I’ve had the pleasure to come across some amazing stories from incredible people and have personally been inspired by their accomplishments in the cycling community.  We’re honored to be able to aid in these ventures and want to encourage all of you to send [...]
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Where to Bike With Montague: Budapest

While looking through some old pictures, I was inspired to feature a city I visited on one of my favorite trips I’ve ever taken.  I visited Budapest about a year ago on my first trip out of the country.  Even until the airport check in counter, I was unaware of what country Budapest was located [...]
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Where to Bike With Montague: Barcelona

Montague Bikes wants to promote the growing global cycling culture by providing new information on where to ride with Montague. Barcelona was named by Askmen.com as the eighth best biking city in the world! Their reasons? The “green ring” that runs around the perimeter of its urban core. “This bike path is peppered with 100 [...]
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Biking Borders: The Iron Trail

We like to feature influential members of the cycling community that demonstrate the opportunities that cycling can bring about to improve the world, the environment, your community, and your health. We at Montague Bikes think it’s important to show proper recognition to these members of our community and give them the respect they deserve. We’re [...]
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