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Bikes and Beer: A Few of My Favorite Things

By Montague Bikes | Published: May 24, 2013
Tweet New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado has always had a special connection with the world of bicycles. They’ve worked closely with bicycle advocacy groups over the years, raising millions for bike non-profits with their Tour de Fat bicycle carnival. They even hosted an inaugural Bike Summit at their brewery this year to bring together nonprofits from across [...]
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Farewell My Sweet Auto

By Montague Bikes | Published: August 1, 2012
Tweet Along with all the Olympics news coming out of London, there has been some cycling news outside of the races.  Changes in the great historic city of London are reflecting a change in the times, away from the car-centered past and a turn toward a cycling-and-pedestrian-friendly urban future.  We see this too in our [...]
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“Elegant Functionality”

By Montague Bikes | Published: July 23, 2012
Tweet [Image Credit: Ben Gabo Photography] “The Navigator folding bike, for example, is a marvel of elegant functionality,” writes Mark Feeney in today’s Arts Monday section of The Boston Globe review of the BSA Space show Let’s Talk About Bikes.   We couldn’t have said it any better ourselves.
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Montague Bikes for Iron Maiden

By Montague Bikes | Published: July 12, 2012
Tweet The life of a rockstar is one of travel; touring the world to put on a show in a new city every night. When your shows are on the ‘world tour’ scale, they’re no small production. It takes a lot of work and a lot of manpower to set up the stage, props, lighting, [...]
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World Car Free Day: September 22

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 20, 2011
Tweet This Thursday, September 22, Boston joins 1000 cities in 40 countries worldwide in celebrating World Car Free Day. An initiative of the World Car Free Network, an organization that promotes getting out of the car and onto, or into, alternative forms of transportation, World Car Free Day is a great opportunity to take advantage [...]
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Finding the Perfect Saddle

By Montague Bikes | Published: June 28, 2011
Tweet If you’re going to spend any length of time on a bicycle, it’s really important to find a saddle that’s comfortable for you. While the general fit and size of the bicycle will play an important role in how you feel on your bike, the saddle is a major contact point and cannot be [...]
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Preventing Bike Theft

By Montague Bikes | Published: December 17, 2010
Tweet With a Montague Folding Bike you can easily store your bike in your apartment, car trunk or under your desk at work, making it much less likely you need to worry about bike theft. For those times when you can’t bring your bike inside, you need to lock it up right to avoid a [...]
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Interbike 2010 and A Police Escort

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 28, 2010
Tweet I’ll get to the police escort in a minute, but first some other show highlights. Interbike 2010 turned out to be a very successful trade show for Montague Bikes.  Simliar to Eurobike, we received an outstanding reception to our new bikes from both dealers and the press. You can expect to see new dealers [...]
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Electric bikes 101

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 14, 2010
Tweet We recently returned from Eurobike, the largest bike industry trade show in the world, and one of the primary themes that dominated the show was E-bikes. What Are E-Bikes Put simply, e-bikes are bicycles assisted by an electric motor, most of which travel at a speeds up to 20 MPH. In many cases they [...]
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Eurobike 2010 Wrap Up

By Montague Bikes | Published: September 8, 2010
Tweet Eurobike Highlights Despite the 12+ hour days, 7 hour plane ride to Germany and mountain of e-mail to respond to upon getting home, having the opportunity to go to Eurobike, the largest bicycle industry trade show in the world, was more than worth it. It’s nearly impossible to describe the event in one blog [...]
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