Montague MT-1000 Bi-Frame Folder
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From: Rochester NY
Bikes: Dahon folder, Santana tandem, Trek triathlon, Haro MTB, Bike Friday
Montague MT-1000 Bi-Frame Folder
This bike was donated to our all-volunteer charity. We will sell it to help pay our expenses. Again this year we will hit the 2500+ bikes given away to the needy. Check out our web site rcommunitybikes.net.
We recently received this Montague MT-1000 folding bike. Montague was kind enough to send us the latch mechanism. Thanks Montague! It's an early model The wheels may not be original since the fork has a 90mm wheel in 100mm dropouts. We have no idea of value. I'm posting here and in the "What's it worth?" section. Any help with evaluation would be appreciated.







We recently received this Montague MT-1000 folding bike. Montague was kind enough to send us the latch mechanism. Thanks Montague! It's an early model The wheels may not be original since the fork has a 90mm wheel in 100mm dropouts. We have no idea of value. I'm posting here and in the "What's it worth?" section. Any help with evaluation would be appreciated.
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Fred, for R Community Bikes. www.rcommunitybikes.org
2,500 (yes 2,500) bikes given EACH YEAR to the needy 2011- 2018. All volunteer.
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From: Nottingham
Bikes: Mezzo I4, Trek 1200, Rudge (Montague) BiFrame, Bickerton
Bhkyte is correct, it is a very underrated bike, very capable and robust but heavy. The weight is probably a factor of the components. Your bike has been retrofitted with V brakes which will be a big improvement on the Dia-compe cantilever brakes it had originally. The groupset is ok, the crank is SR Sake ovaltech which is original and has some value to people who like oval chainrings. I can not give you an idea of value on the US market because I an in the UK. I own a Rudge Bi-frame which is exactly the same bike but marketed in the UK under the Rudge brand. I paid £50, they often sell for between £50 and £80 here in the UK. I have owned other full size folding bikes but the Montague/Rudge has been the best so far and the most compact when folded.
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