FOLDING BIKES BLOG
Stories, tutorials, and advice from the Montague Bikes team.
How To Ride an E-Bike: What’s Different?
What almost all e-bikes have in common is increased acceleration, speed, and weight compared to a conventional bike. This does change how the bike handles and therefore, changes how you ride. E-Bike Riding Tips – Braking: Due to the increased weight and speed of an e-bike, the brakes can respond differently than on a conventional bike.
Custom Drop Bar FIT Folding Bike by James Caron
NOTE: Today's post comes from James Caron who has built a beautiful road riding machine with a pre-DirectConnect Montague FIT frame. Read on to learn more about the components James selected and his plans for the bike. I recently lucked into a bare Montague Fit frame...
Montague Now Available in France from Loudet
Montague Bikes is proud to announce a partnership with Loudet Cycles & Accessoires for exclusive distribution of Montague folding bikes in France. Folding mountain bikes, pavement bikes, and M-E1 e-bikes are now in stock in France and ready to ship. Loudet Cycles...
Packing a Montague Bike for Airline Travel
Today's guest post comes from James Sowerwine, an avid traveler and bikepacker who takes his Montague Navigator folding bike and custom bikepacking setup with him everywhere he goes. He has a unique way of packing his bike and gear for airline travel and has kindly...
Custom Montague Bikes – Rider Spotlights
Since Montague folding bikes use all industry standard components, riders have the ability to fully customize their bikes with any aftermarket parts and accessories they choose. We love to see the wide variety of custom Montague bikes around the world, from drop bar...
Shimano STEPS E-Bikes: E-Tube Ride Mobile App
If you own an electric bike with a Shimano STEPS drive system, there are two mobile apps that allow you to connect with your e-bike from your smartphone. We covered the Shimano E-Tube Project app in an earlier post, which allows you customize settings on the bike's...
Wired Magazine’s Best Folding E-Bike: The Montague M-E1
Wired Magazine has put together their definitive list of the best electric bikes on the market. They looked at the best e-bikes for every type of rider and use case, including cargo bikes, mountain bikes, and you guessed it, folding bikes. The best folding e-bike on...
Montague Rockstars – Rider Spotlights
Every day we see incredible photos of Montague Bikes from all over the globe — pics snapped on the morning commute or at a scenic trail overlook, photos from long bike tours and bikepacking trips, or meticulous custom built Montagues with all new components and color...
Bikepacking Southern India with Sreejith
Sreejith is a Paratrooper rider from Kerala, the southern state of India. He is a former animator turned Crossfit trainer and adventure travel enthusiast. He's been kind enough to provide us with a guest post about his experiences with his Paratrooper and bikepacking...
Shimano STEPS E-Bikes: How to Customize Settings
The Shimano STEPS electric bike drive system offers a variety of settings that can be customized using the Shimano E-Tube mobile app. Here you will learn how to change these settings to get the most out of your STEPS equipped e-bike. For basic information on how to...
Shimano STEPS E-Bikes: How to Operate and Update
Montague's newest e-bike, the M-E1, comes equipped with a Shimano STEPS E6100 mid-drive system to provide pedal assistance. Pedelecs like the M-E1 provide a boost to your pedaling input with an electric motor. In the case of a mid-drive, that motor is integrated...
Montague Bikes Art
Our marketing team along with fans of Montague bikes all over the world are always creating fun and interesting graphics with our bikes. These pop up on social media from time to time and in our book, they're art! We compiled our favorites here so you can browse the...
M-E1 Review from ElectricBikeReview.com
ElectricBikeReview.com is the premier source for e-bike reviews on the web. They just published a comprehensive overview of the all new Montague M-E1 e-bike. Watch the video review as they go in depth on all the details - from drive unit specs to folding system...
A Note on COVID-19 and Social Distancing by Bike
Like so many of you, much of the Montague staff is working remotely for the foreseeable future. As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, we're taking every measure possible to keep each other safe. While that includes staying away from public spaces and practicing...
Paratrooper Scale Models from TomyTec in Japan
TomyTec in Japan is a maker of realistic scale models, beloved by collectors all over the world. As part of their Little Armory series, which includes 1/12th scale models of military and anime figurines, they approached Montague Bikes with interest in the...
Eurobike 2019: M-E1 E-bike Sneak Preview
The 28th edition of Eurobike, the world's largest bicycle trade show, took place last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Montague Bikes joined manufacturers from all over the world to exhibit their latest products to international distributors, product managers, and...
Sailing the World with Montague – Scotland to the Caribbean
For the last year, Neill Hogarth and his partner Heidi have been living out their dream of sailing the world. Last April, they set out from Scotland in Artemis, a 36 foot Rustler sailing yacht equipped with everything they would need to live — including two...
Bicycle Wheel Sizes Explained
There are a wide variety of wheel sizes available on bicycles today, and if you explore folding bikes, recumbents, and other specialty bikes you'll discover even more. Why are there so many options? Why are there so many names for the same sizes? How do you know...
