the beat bike blog

Having trouble with a clever title for this post, I reached back a couple of years and shared my favorite "pedestrian shout out."....

Brendan put on a great Eel and there was much bike diversity and trail diversity.  Only at an Eel will there be a Huffy  and a  Peter Moone...

The other night, it was windy. It kept me awake, but I didn't hear a lot of things crashing to the ground. However, trees falling i...

I was thinking today that back when I used to drive more (~25,000 miles/year), winters were much more normal. I remember this because I w...

I know Saturday is still ~30 hours away, but I am doubtful that enough ice will grow in Wethersfield Cove for my much ballyhooed ice ra...

I like winter riding and I like riding in the snow. I may not have a fat bike, but I've got fenders and I've even got studded t...

First off, I want to thank Ms. Longstocking for bringing such controversy to our blog. We love it! The East Coast Greenway is a big deal, ev...

Ho ho ho! As you may know, NORAD tracks Santa . I was watching their video of Santa flying and was surprised to see him take off from a sma...

When I read the above titled article in the Courant I didn't think it really had anything to do with biking in Hartford but the more I t...