Road.cc - January 2012

Updated: Montague Boston  £599.00

Not so much a folding bike, more a full-size machine with a small footprint 

by dave_atkinson on January 19, 2012 - 09:30

Folding bikes are always a compromise between the folded package and the ride characteristics. It's not a straight line correlation but the basic rule is that the bigger-wheeled bikes are easier to get on with on the road, but not as easy to hoik onto a train. They don't get bigger wheeled than the Montague: this is a full sized 700c bike, so don't expect it to fit in your glove box.

It's a full-sized ride though, and a great option if you want a 'proper' bike for town riding but could do with saving a bit of space, or you have a mixed commute and you need something to stick in the car.

The main talking point of the Montague is the frame design. It's a full-sized Aluminium folding platform that comes in a couple of different incarnations for MTB (branded as SwissBike) and road wheels. The fold is by virtue of a rotating seat tube section: undo the quick release on the top tube and the rear triangle folds round, and you can drop the seat to make the whole thing a bit more compact. It's not like a Brompton or other small wheeler that you can hop onto the tube with, but it is a useful size reduction if you want to fit it in your boot or stash it at home, and it will fit in the bottom of an inter-city luggage rack too.

Read the original article here.

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