Oct 3, 2012 | Activism, Environment, Travel |
The BBC recently reported that for the first time in decades bicycle sales surpassed automobile sales in Italy. The year 2011 saw around 1.75 million bicycles sold in Italy, over 2,000 more than the number of cars registered. While Italy has long had a strong...
Sep 6, 2012 | Events, Lifestyle, Travel |
The Show Here is the view from last year’s InterBike booth, during a rare quiet moment in the crowds. Once again we prepare to make the trek to Las Vegas in just over a week for the great bicycle extravaganza! The office is full of boxes and banners, signs and...
Sep 4, 2012 | Adventure, Environment, Recreation, Travel |
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...
Aug 27, 2012 | Adventure, Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel |
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...
Aug 16, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Environment, Events, Lifestyle, Travel |
Articles abound in newspapers, magazines, and the web about the battle for the streets; cyclists and motor vehicles vying for the roads. At least this is the tone many writers and commentators take on the evolving transit culture of our world. But in one place at...
Aug 15, 2012 | Adventure, Commute, Travel |
The BBC recently reported on a gentleman who rode his bicycle from China to England for the Olympics. Beginning in May 2012, Chen Guangming left Erchen, Jiangsu province on a journey that would take him more than 85,000 miles to London. Traveling on his...