The Mission: Desert stealth mobility.

The Challenge: Develop ground mobility that is tough enough to drop from a plane; durable enough to traverse any terrain, move at high speeds and require minimal maintenance; easy enough to fold into a portable size yet agile enough to unfold in seconds.

The Result: The Paratrooper™.

The News: Now available for civilian use.

The Paratrooper™ is a 24 speed mountain bike which folds simply, without the use of tools. By turning one quick release lever, the Paratrooper™ compacts in less than 30 seconds into a 90 x 70 x 30 cm pack for easy portability and storage in a car, closet or the back of a Humvee!

Darpa Development
Montague Corporation, the world leader in full-size performance bikes that fold, developed the Paratrooper™ Mountain Bike in conjunction with the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to bridge an important gap between walking infantry and heavy military vehicles. Montague Corporation is the pioneer of the Folding Integrated Technology (FIT), deemed to be one of the next-generation trends in the bicycle industry. DARPA, the Pentagon-based agency, known for it's foresight and investment in significant world changing projects (including funding the development of the Internet back in the 70's) recognized the importance of this folding technology for military use and so funded the development of a bicycle that could be used by US Marines, Paratroopers, Military Police and other Military divisions.

Now available
To date, the military bike has not been available outside of the DARPA development circle. Now, due to an overwhelming demand from hunters, smoke-jumpers, parachutists, and many other people that enjoy getting off-the-beaten-track, Montague has decided to manufacture the original Military Bike in the form of the "Paratrooper™" for civilian use.