Will Montague folding bikes fit in c or e models

[MikeOH]

2 hours ago, DXB said:

Sounds like 26” folding bikes like Montague are a pain - gotta take wheels off to load easily. What about the 24” Tern Verge series?  Anyone have experience there, particularly in a short body?  I don’t have the folding seat.  It would be nice to have larger than 20” wheels to preserve some ride quality…

https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/bikes/472/verge-p10

My wife and I bought the Montagues as she is a serious road cyclist and a clown bike was NOT acceptable. If you want a ‘real’ bike I don’t think you’re going to get anything easier to load.

 I don’t find them painful to load. Sure, it takes 5 minutes to load both, but pulling off the front wheel and folding the bike takes all of 30 seconds. Biggest pain is putting them in their bags! Load the front wheels first through the cabin door and into the baggage area. Then the two bagged bikes go in the back seat. Just make sure the passenger seat is full forward during loading.

 I’d never go to the work to pull off the back wheel just to somehow maneuver the bike  through the baggage door; that would be painful!

[Pinecone]

On 9/22/2021 at 12:26 PM, A64Pilot said:

I have two URB-E’s, they are very similar to a scooter, except there is a bike seat to sit on, that makes the thing a whole lot more stable, folds in seconds.

30 ish lbs I believe and the battery is I’m nearly certain a bank of Panasonic 18650 cells. the same batteries Tesla uses.

I chose an URB-E as it’s a US made vehicle, made in California. I don’t delude myself into believing the electronics are, but the frame is.

That looks great.

But I can't find any for sale.

 

[DXB]

1 hour ago, MikeOH said:

My wife and I bought the Montagues as she is a serious road cyclist and a clown bike was NOT acceptable. If you want a ‘real’ bike I don’t think you’re going to get anything easier to load.

 I don’t find them painful to load. Sure, it takes 5 minutes to load both, but pulling off the front wheel and folding the bike takes all of 30 seconds. Biggest pain is putting them in their bags! Load the front wheels first through the cabin door and into the baggage area. Then the two bagged bikes go in the back seat. Just make sure the passenger seat is full forward during loading.

 I’d never go to the work to pull off the back wheel just to somehow maneuver the bike  through the baggage door; that would be painful!

The 26"  Montagues are indeed tempting: https://www.montaguebikes.com/product/allston/.  There is also this gorgeous 26" option from Tern that has me drooling:   https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/bikes/471/eclipse-x22.  You also have a mid body Mooney though in contrast to my C, so that might make it tighter, though it sounds like it will work based on @takair's comments earlier in the thread.  The Tern Verges with their 24" wheels may make life easier in this case - not full size but probably much better than the typical 20" folder and acceptable for a non-biking aficionado.  

Complicating my decision is my recent ankle injury that led me to stop running and get back into biking after a decades long hiatus - I don't even have a regular non-folding bike at the moment and am looking at some fancy and not so fancy gravel bikes.  The high end 26" options are super tempting if I can kill two birds with one stone - my regular exercise bike and cramming it into the C model (will need 2 of them in there).  Do you find your Montague desirable to ride outside of plane trips?

Edited August 15, 2023 by DXB

[MikeOH]

@DXB

No, I can’t say I’d choose the Montague over a real road bike; it’s nice but at 32 lbs it’s just too heavy. They live in the hangar when not in the plane.

Way better than any clown bike; it does feel/ride like a “real” bike. 

[aviatoreb]

On 9/18/2021 at 10:47 PM, Sportster64 said:

I have two folding montague bikes.
wife and I like to have these for our trips

will two of these bikes fit in a m20c or m20e 

ive have transported them in a 63 c172d with the rear seats folded down successfully.

will I need the m20f or j model ?
not sure what options I have for rear seat folding or rear back removals, I’ve seen some posts on this, but not sure if the c and e models would work with the shorter fuselage

They are each 36″ x 28″ x 12″ once folded and loaded

about32 pounds each

I have a Montague and I find it fits nicely in the mooney with both wheels off and the seat post off - then the frame alone fits nicely through the baggage door - and both wheels in a wheel bag fit easily through the human door.  Its not too heavy to load.  Its not a super light bike not even for a mountain bike and no competition if we are thinking high quality road bikes but you can ride it hard and off road so if that's the need its a good fit for that option with a Mooney and it is legit for road riding as much as any other mountain bike.

[kortopates]

I fit 2 high end carbon fiber mountain bikes in the rear of my K, like Erik says above. My aren’t folding bikes but full size. But rears seats are folded down flat to make a cargo area.
Erik didn’t say if he has to fold down the rear seats. That mike be your biggest obstacle. Folding rear seats weren’t standard till the 80’s. although an STC did exist for some models including the earlier K.


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[aviatoreb]

4 hours ago, kortopates said:

I fit 2 high end carbon fiber mountain bikes in the rear of my K, like Erik says above. My aren’t folding bikes but full size. But rears seats are folded down flat to make a cargo area.
Erik didn’t say if he has to fold down the rear seats. That mike be your biggest obstacle. Folding rear seats weren’t standard till the 80’s. although an STC did exist for some models including the earlier K.


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Actually a single Montague frame with wheels off and seat post off will fit in the rear of my k with seats in place!  And wheels in wheel bag on the rear seat.

I do occasionally travel with my full size road bike because nothing beats a road bike if you really want to go far on road... anyway it too fits in my rear seat with seats out - actually just one seat - wheels off in bags, and seat post off - and VERY important - everything in bags - frame in a BBQ keeps everything clean.

...and I have a bike friday tikit for fast fast fold the whole bike goes in the rear door with wheels on and it folds in - no kidding - 10 seconds.