FOLDING BIKES BLOG
Stories, tutorials, and advice from the Montague Bikes team.
A Trip to Scotland with a Montague X50 Folding Bike
A guest post from Sarah Boyle, who recently took her Montague X50 folding bike on a trip to Scotland. Enjoy! Day One. 100 mile drive to Fort Augustus in the Scottish highlands. Glad to get out of the car and have a ride along the towpath on my X50 to watch the boats...
Gravel Getaway on a Custom Montague FIT
This past weekend was another opportunity to take some long bike rides, get off the beaten path, and do some exploring. I was up on the North Shore of Massachusetts, and the area provided some great rides along the beach, through nature refuges, and over gravel roads....
A Chance to Win a Montague T-shirt on Twitter
It’s as easy as that: 1. Follow us on Twitter at @MontagueBikes 2. Tweet using the hashtag #WinMontagueTee and tell us where you like to ride your bike most. Why? On Tuesday, August 12th at 12:00 pm (Noon EST), we will choose a winner to receive one of our Montague...
Eurobike Show is Approaching!
The Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen, Germany is just around the corner. It's the largest bicycle trade shows in the world, so if you're into cycling you should know about it. Eurobike was first held in 1991, and has continued annually ever since. It has grown each...
Single Track on a Montague: West Thompson Lake
After putting in some road miles this past Saturday, I headed to Northeast Connecticut on Sunday morning to do some mountain biking. A friend who lives there decided we should explore the trails around West Thompson Lake. If you know the area, it's just off I-395 in...
Enter for a Chance to Win a Montague Crosstown Folding Bike!
Montague Bikes is organizing a bike giveaway for one brand new Montague Crosstown folding bike. The only thing you have to do to enter is like our official Facebook page and answer the following: If you receive a Montague Crosstown, what would you use it for? How...
Outside Providence: A Road Ride on the Montague FIT
The near perfect weather we had in New England over the weekend was begging us to get out and ride our bikes. I found myself in Providence on Saturday visiting a friend, so he took me on one of his favorite rides along the Providence river and down to the harbor in...
Understanding the Tour de France: A Beginner’s Guide
It's that time of year again. We're a full 11 stages into one of the longest, most difficult, and certainly well known bicycle races in the world, the Tour de France. For many, this may be the only time of year there is an opportunity to watch professional cycling....
Watch Out for the Unexpected: Bike Safety
The general tips for bike safety are well known among bike commuters, but there are often dangerous scenarios that arise even when you follow the rules of the road. Unfortunately, some drivers don't know the laws regarding bikes, they do unexpected things, or simply...
Montague Bikes at the Beach: Cape Cod
Recently, a group of friends and I headed down to North Truro on Cape Cod to spend the weekend there. Of course we brought our Montague bikes along. If you're not familiar with the Cape, it is the Easternmost portion of Massachusetts which extends into the Atlantic...
Filming the Montague Crosstown
We recently went out to film a new video for the Montague Crosstown, a 7-speed 700c folding bike that's perfect for bike paths, commutes, and around town riding. Take a look at the latest edit, as well as some photos from our day of shooting. A few behind the scenes...
Folding Gravel Bike: Disc Brakes and Drop Bar Levers
After installing the headset and fork, and preparing the wheelset, I'm now going to install the disc brakes. I have a set of Hayes CX Pro mechanical brakes and 160mm rotors. Most disc brakes are made to install on post mount frames with bolt holes 74mm from center to...
Tour of the Americas: Ecuador
After our adventures in Colombia, we crossed into Ecuador via the small village of Tulcan. Needing an inexpensive place to stay for the evening, we ended up in a hotel which charged us per 12 hours - instead of per 24. You can already imagine which kind of hotel this...
Folding Gravel Bike Build: Part 2
The next step in building the 700c folding gravel bike. Starting with a Montague FIT Custom folding frame, I've installed the headset and fork (read about that here). Now I'm going to prepare the wheelset. For this build, I'm using Whisky Parts Co. carbon rims laced...
Folding Gravel Bike Build: Part 1
The gravel bike. A 700c road style frame with fast rolling knobbies that can take you just about anywhere; dirt roads, gravel roads, singletrack, you name it. When you want to follow those fire roads and escape into the wilderness, the gravel bike is the choice for...
Riding Natchaug: MTB
Here at Montague, the bikes we make are more than just folding bikes, they're Real Bikes That Fold. We want you to be able to ride single track, gravel roads, and rocky paths, while having the freedom to keep your bike in the car trunk. We want you to ride 30 miles on...
Tour of the Americas: Colombia
In Colombia we 'enjoyed' the first days in Cartagena, where we mostly spent our time doing paperwork to get our car out of port. Paperwork is not at all an enjoyment, but Cartagena has a lot of life and is quite a beautiful city. After a quick stop at Volcan de Totumo...
The Importance of New Clipless Cleats
There are several designs for clipless pedals out there, but they all work in a similar way. A cleat which is specifically designed to lock into your pedal system is attached to the underside of your cycling shoe. Since you inevitably walk on your cleat sometimes,...
