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Ranking is beloved by all. This is especially true it seems in Connecticut. Whenever I go to other states, I don't seem to see list...

There are lots of anniversaries out there of things, because once something happens, it's got an anniversary. Today, this blog celebr...

  Blood sausage will probably not be served at the BikeWalkCT annual dinner, but you can always bring your own. Like to eat? Like to ad...

Early this spring, the bombshell was dropped that the Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance's familiar name would be no more. The organiz...

This Monday's Bikes Outside takes us back nearly a week to Elizabeth Park's Pond House for last Tuesday's annual CCBA dinner. T...

This past Tuesday evening found me in the grand environs of The Bushnell for the Bicycle Friendly Communities Symposium. The CCBA email I h...

Return of the Scorcher is one of the movies on a Ted White DVD, which also contains the more talked about, We Are Traffic. WAT is a great d...

It is with regret to write about the memorial services for Allan Williams whom i met through the CCBA and all the work he did for the organi...

Thanks to poorly timed rain last week, our first bike pub crawl was called off. So we're pushing off on Wednesday evening and marking t...

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day for a wonderful event here in Hartford. I have no idea what the turn-out was this year, but from a...

The second Annual CCBA Discover Hartford Bicycling and Walking Tour is this Saturday, September 13th. We had 1200 people ride the tour last...

There was some discussion on this blog last month about the overall driver/biker viewpoint-rift that exists which is demonstrated specifica...

Start friday morning with a ride to The Old State House for Bike to Work and enjoy a free breakfast of coffee, juice, bagels, bananas and o...

Holy Shit that 1st band was loud! The hood was scared! The alleycat popped off very well indeed. The police only came twice and the fire dep...