FOLDING BIKES BLOG
Stories, tutorials, and advice from the Montague Bikes team.
The Essentials – Tools to Ride With
If you're a regular bike commuter, you know that bikes need maintenance, adjustments, and from time to time, parts just break. There's nothing worse than being stuck far from home without a patch kit, extra tube, or the proper tool to tighten that loose stem bolt. I...
Going Clipless
I recently took the plunge into the world of clipless pedals, something I've been meaning to do for a while. I've been a long time cyclist but even for long distance rides, I had stuck to toe clips and straps. I'm strapped in right? That should be enough, right? I...
Visualizing Bike Share
The increasing popularity of Bike Share programs in cities across the world is making transportation cycling a reality for many. Not only does it provide conveniently located bikes for newcomers or casual riders, it's also developing a culture of cycling. I...
A Salute to our Veterans
Here in the United States, the 11th day of the 11th month is designated as Veterans day. A day to honor and remember the men and women who have served our country through military service. We wanted to take this opportunity to salute those veterans, past and present...
Bike Safety Lessons from the UK
Recent News It's flashed across all the major media this week, especially in the UK. Olympic medalist and Tour de France winner Bradley "Wiggo" Wiggins was struck by a van. Then, not 15 hours later, in a separate incident, Olympic team trainer, Shane Sutton was...
Bike Commute: Tuscon Style
There's an infrastructure first in Tuscon now, a bicycle crosswalk, or 'crossbike'. Tuscon Velo recently explored this new piece of bike safety engineering. Of course we've all probably seen, at one point or another, a cyclist using the crosswalk to cross the road...
Bike to Vote?
In the U.S., today is election day. Whatever one's political leanings, the governing structure of the U.S. is based on participation, so we go out and vote. We biked to vote today, how about you? Unless you vote by absentee ballot, you'll probably find yourself headed...
Journey into the Unknown
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...
Montague Folding Frame Sets in the News!
Road.cc We've been in the news a little recently. The UK's popular cycling forum, Road.cc reports on Montague's folding frame sets in their tech round up! Folding Cyclist And closer to home The Folding Cyclist has...
The New Commute: New York After Sandy
In case you're tuning in from another part of the world, Hurricane Sandy made it's way up the east coast and threw everything she had against New York and New Jersey at the beginning of this week. We're seeing the greatest natural disaster New York has faced in...
Halloween Ride: Boston
What happens when you take hundreds of enthusiastic cyclists, put them together on Halloween and let them loose on the streets? The Halloween Bike Ride is what happens! Hundreds of costumed cyclists gathered in Jamaica Plain on Halloween and rode out. Inventive...
Bike Commuting: Incentives
A definition: incentive - comes from Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from neuter of incentivus stimulating, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere to play (a tune), from in- + canere to sing - as defined by my dictionary....
Get on the Bandwagon
Has your state gotten on the bandwagon? Or perhaps better worded as bike-wagon? As our part of the east coast starts to pick up the pieces left by Hurricane Sandy, we have found the thoughts of sunny days returning and beautiful bike rides to be a sustaining source of...
Commuting: Protecting Your Bike
We've started talking about bicycle commuting. One of the prime concerns, especially for new commuters is keeping your bike secure while you're at work. More companies are making it a priority to have secure and covered bike parking, in fact in Cambridge, MA - where...
How to Bike Commute Safely
Born of Dream and Desire to Bike I want to be a bike commuter. I don't want to have to sit in traffic. I want to save some more money. I'd like to lose some weight. Being able to take the train sometimes would still be helpful... But I don't know anything about...
City Cycling Ways
Bikenomics? New York City's seeing some changes, quantifiable ones too, and they're coming from bicycling. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the good sense of cycling and economics. The report found that in places where New York City had implemented bike...
Folding Bike Commute
Do you ever bike to work? Do you drive part way and then pedal? (What we call Park and Pedal.) Do you ride part way and then take the train? How is your folding bike commute? Unfold and ride to work, then fold up and keep it under the desk during the workday -...
Folding Framesets
It's been mentioned on Urban Velo and Bike Rumor. Bicycle Retailer covered it at InterBike. We announced it for the first time at Eurobike. What can it be? Folding Framesets. Now if you are of the inclination, interest, or skill-set to build up your own folding bike -...
