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by Anthony Verducci<\/p>\n
Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$999<\/p>\n The\u00a0Montague Paratrooper Pro\u00a0bike is built like a tank, folds like a Swiss Army knife, and weighs less than body armor. Backed by a DARPA grant, David Montague designed the original Paratrooper bike in 1997 to be used by the U.S. Marines. The result was a cycle that a paratrooper could unfold as soon as he hit the ground. The Paratrooper line hasn\u2019t been changed much for civilian use, but the expanded line now includes the Paratrooper Pro, a bike that\u2019s great for the daily commute but truly excels at extreme-terrain trail riding.<\/p>\n When I took the bike for a 5-mile off-road spin on Long Island, it handled fantastically whether climbing hills (the 27 gears came in handy), jumping ditches, coasting down steep slopes, or grinding through thick mud.\u00a0Casually riding the Paratrooper Pro on the boardwalk was another story: It\u2019s a simple attention grabber\u2014and it works. It performs on pavement, too, especially when its suspension lock is engaged and the shock-absorbing front fork stays steady. Disc brakes prevents a short stop in heavy traffic from being a fish-tailing nightmare.<\/p>\n At first glance you might not think this 26-inch frame could fold into a 36 x 28 x 12\u2013inch bundle. And it takes less than half a minute and just two lever flips\u2014one for the first fold and one to remove the front tire\u2014to collapse the Paratrooper Pro.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Blurb” title=”Download PDF” url=”\/assets\/media\/news\/popular-mechanics-parapro.pdf” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”\ue059” icon_color=”#5b5b5b” use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#dd3333″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#dd3333″ icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center”] [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed: Montague Paratrooper Pro Folding Bike [responsive-flipbook id=”popular_mechanics_para_pro”] by Anthony Verducci Price:\u00a0$999 The\u00a0Montague Paratrooper Pro\u00a0bike is built like a tank, folds like a Swiss Army knife, and weighs less than body armor. Backed by a DARPA grant, David Montague designed the original Paratrooper bike in 1997 to be used by the U.S. Marines. The result […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n