FOLDING BIKES BLOG
Stories, tutorials, and advice from the Montague Bikes team.Row, Row, Row, Your Bike
We have recently been checking updates from Julie and Colin Angus, two adventurers rowing and cycling 6500km from Scotland to Syria. Having begun at the northern tip of Scotland in March 2008, they are on the very last leg of their journey six months later. The spirit...
The Paratrooper Heads For Papua New Guinea
Chris Allison is a 24 year old cyclist and humanitarian from Atlanta, GA. Over the next two years he will be leaving his home and heading for Papua New Guinea (and eventually Bolivia) in order to aid in relief and re-building efforts. While he may be leaving the...
Four Bikes, Four People, One Car – No Problem
It is finally officially bike riding season again as May actually happens to be National Bike Month and I can readily say that it's nice to don shorts and a tee shirt again. To celebrate this beautiful weather we have been having, a group of us decided to make a...
Off to the Races! (Update)
Angel, having seen our post about his racing, recently got back to us with updated facts for his 2007 racing season. He reports having "raced and traveled to 8 different locations last year" and logged over 2000 race and training miles doing so. All said and done...
Car Free Getaway in Napa Valley
Just before the New Year, I wrote in a post about visiting a winery. I received several emails from riders who were interested in learning more about the prospect of touring vineyards via SwissBike. After some research and several phone calls I was able to put...
Cycling Around Mallorca
While watching the rain and snow pile up outside the office last week, I had a chance to speak with Will W. Will is currently touring the beautiful island of Majorca (Mallorca), the largest island of Spain, located in the Mediterranean. With an incredible history,...
Traveling North Carolina’s Outer Banks by Folding Bike
I had an interesting conversation the other day with Scott C. from Alaska. Scott is the owner of a Montague CX and the pilot of his Maule M-6. Last year he covered some serious ground in his plane by visiting over 30 states via airplane. While he was not in the air,...
Ride, Fold, Bag, Repeat as necessary.
Over the last week we received several stories from people who have been doing some traveling with their SwissBikes. The one below seems to epitomize the versatility and portability of the SwissBikes. Jon from Boston, MA writes: "My brother was recently in New York on...
Weather it Out.
If you live in the northern states or anywhere else around the world that is far enough above the equator to freeze during these impending months, then you probably know that winter is not necessarily the season most conducive to riding your bike. Yet, there are those...
SwissBike Goes Blogging.
Hello! Welcome to the SwissBike blog. In the beginning of 2007 we released the SwissBike line of full size high-performance bikes that fold. After a short period we began to receive messages and photos from SwissBike riders around the world sharing stories about where...
