the beat bike blog

Preface: There were photographers with actual camera mounts for their madly expensive gear, so if you want to see "professional-looking...

My Jenny would have been the perfect conversation starter if that's what I was looking for at this year's PRIDE. She got a lot of lu...

Brendan informed us a month ago that biking is now legal in city parks. Have you been exercising your rights? There have been more bicycles...

I've been sort of derelict in my blogulatory duties lately. Perhaps my interest in blogging waning. Perhaps I'm a crappy writer. Per...

Outsourcing does not work. Not too long ago I was riding in a vehicle with someone who had a GPS -- a device I considered worthless before t...

In October I walked into a bicycle and sandwich shop in Provincetown, almost as an afterthought before leaving town. It was a blustery day i...

I was introduced to the frightful joy of downhill snow biking in the mid- 90's by my friend Bald Matt in Queens. He had two old mountain...

Weird crimes involving bikes in the Courant lately: Man Charged With 1999 Hartford Murder Homicide Probe In Hartford Focuses On Injured Bicy...

This is recreation in another state. This is barely related to riding a bike in Hartford, but... The City of Hartford is hiring part-time re...

On Saturday, we had The Eel 2. I don't know why it has taken me this long to post the results. Turnout was slim, but those who didn'...

carol's sweeeeet flyer...thank you!!!!!! Come burn off all that yummy food you ate the last two days! Hartford's wintertime critical...

Horses are weird. I try not to let my job and this blog overlap very much, but sometimes, I think this place is a good sounding board. Beat ...

Picture stolen from crankfire: http://www.crankfire.com/galleries/picture.php?imageid=3949 Photo credit to Jay! Those of you who rode The E...

Sean passing out the prizes Sean has thrown this alleycat for four years now and really hooked up a great race this year. Baileyworks and Ma...

So I headed over to Elizabeth Park this morning to do some reading and I began to think about Hartford's Parks. As many who read this b...