the beat bike blog

The 2015 Connecticut Series of Cross begins this weekend with two races in the Hartford area. Cross is a great spectator sport--in countr...

This Sunday, I'm organizing a very informal, free, and short bicycle ride in Hartford as part of the Sam Colt 200th birthday festival ( ...

This is kind of a big deal.   Heaven , the community graffiti and skate/bike park located just north of downtown Hartford, is throwing a gra...

I was in Keney Park this evening meeting with its Friends about the proposed mountain bike trail. It was a very good meeting. We're...

You either engage or enrage.  Pick one. What an amazing community showing at the third and final public info session .  The pitch from t...

I was reminded this week why Hartford is such an amazing city, especially if you give a damn.  There are so many opportunities to get engage...

Cyclocross race in Colt Park this Saturday, November 9th.   Only $25.  Race local, save gas, build the sport. I found the poster.  You sh...

In a previous post, I waxed on about the overwhelming bicycle packed weekend approaching in September .  In this post I'll break it down...

When do you make connections?   In the shower.  Under pressure.  While meditating.  Mile 60 of a century. I think we all have different spac...

I've been working on this  skatepark in Hartford for a long time. Our hope is that this summer will be our summer. Everything is in plac...

Heya kiddos.  The Discover Hartford Parks Tour is Saturday, September 29th.  I'm looking for 6-8 mobile bike mechanics / route marshals...

I was riding to and from Arbor Street the other evening on my one of my favorite streets in Hartford: Pope Park Highway nr. 4. Across th...

The 2010 Discover Hartford Tour, reviewed nicely here on Real Hartford was just one of three events that brought a bunch of people downtown...

The 2010 Discover Hartford Bicycle & Walking Tour is happening (and I do mean happening ) this coming Saturday, September 11. Online r...

It began with what was meant as a short detour on the way home from Colt Park -- a jaunt along the paved Riverside path. But Saturday was th...

Is it right to say that I missed the boat? Maybe if it's a hybrid boat-bicycle the idiom would make more sense. Really, I do not know h...