Montague is a manufacturer that designs and produces full-size folding bicycles for civilian and potential military customers.
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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]
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. 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 :
| System | Load Capacity | Daily Range | Speed | Daily Consumption | ||
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| 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 |
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