Montague Bikes

Montague Folding Bikes logo

Montague is a manufacturer that designs and produces full-size folding bicycles for civilian and potential military customers.

History

Montague Corporation was formed in 1987 by David Montague, while in graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first bicycle designed by Montague was dubbed the "Montague BiFrame" for its patented Concentrus system, which unites the two parts of the frame with concentric seat tubes, one nested inside the other. This system allows a bike with a full-size frame to fold in half while maintaining the structural integrity of the design.

Inventor Harry Montague died February 2, 2011.^[1]

Military partnerships

In 1997, Montague received a two-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who recognized the importance of folding bikes, to work with the United States Marines in developing the Tactical Electric No Signature (TENS) Mountain bike, it was not general issue.^{[citation needed]} For this project Montague developed a new folding design, enabling the bike to fold faster for Paratrooper exit from military aircraft while also increasing its load bearing capacity. This gave rise to the Paratrooper folding Tactical Mountain Bicycle, Montague’s non-electric Military Mountain Bike.

The following diagram demonstrates the efficiency of Bike/Electric Bike Infantry^{[citation needed]}:

System	Load Capacity	Daily Range	Speed	Daily Consumption
				Fuel	Food	Water
infantry	50 lb	25 mi	3 mph		3 lb	24 lb
bicycle infantry	50 lb	75 mi	10 mph		3 lb	24 lb
horse cavalry	100 lb	100 mi	15 mph	40 lb hay	3 lb	164 lb
electric bicycle infantry	50 lb	100 mi	15 mph	electric charge station	3 lb	24 lb
motorcycle infantry	100 lb	300 mi	40 mph	55 lb gasoline	3 lb	24 lb
medium truck	10,000 lb	400 mi	40 mph	350 lb diesel	6 lb	48 lb
APC	10,000 lb	300 mi	35 mph	665 lb diesel	6 lb	48 lb

See also

• Bicycle infantry

References

1. ^ Boston Post Obituary Feb 22, 2011 Harry Montague turned folding bikes into a business

External links

• Official Montague Corporation website
• Paratrooper information