the beat bike blog

Before: My bike was oh-so-sleek. It seems my heavy hoisting ways have caught up with me, in the form of a pair of inguinal hernias. Thi...

For machines that have been essentially unchanged for the past several decades, bicycles suffer from a remarkable amount of planned obsolesc...

I've missed the woods. It's not that I haven't been there. I have ventured into the woods and trails many a time over the past c...

It was the bike nobody wanted. A barely-used Mongoose hardtail with a short-travel suspension fork and chunky tires that hummed loudly on th...

With my recent trip to Oregon came all the excitement and uncertainty of plunking myself down in a completely unfamiliar place. I knew I wou...

As you may or may not recall (or care) two of the most worn-out parts on the old Trek were the wheels. This bike originally came equipped wi...

After all the hassle surrounding my attempt to purchase a headset locally, the one I ended up with still didn't fit (the fork crown r...

Tomorrow, April 10 is the Blessing of the Bikes in New York. It also happens to be the first anniversary of my father passing away. The ove...

Today, I present to you one of my least favorite bike components ever: The welded-together triple crankset. I hate these for a couple of rea...

I often stop to gawk at bikes locked to the bike racks and fences of Hartford and beyond. When talking bikes with friends, it's common f...

This is the kick-off post for my overhaul of one battered Trek 720. I see a lot of bikes of this vintage around town, and many, if not most,...

I have owned dozens of bicycles, and I have pined for and fantasy-built hundreds more. If someone asks me which is my favorite however, the ...