the beat bike blog

I went to a bike commute panel last night at the Simsbury public library. It was nice to meet some fellow Simsbury and greater Simsbury...

This is the truck. Only 1 of 4 wheels remain on the driveway, so your highest possible grade would be 25%. You definitely failed, dude. ...

In Bro'd Rage Part I , I left off with my trip to Hartford Police Department HQ to file a report. I later sat down and wrote a detailed ...

The Trinity Admissions Gate: area of my initial encounter with the wrong-way driver. Last Friday morning, I was commuting to my job at...

I wish I had more to write about lately, but there hasn't been a lot happening on the bike front. I suppose that may still be true...

As a visionary thinker, I like to start off my day with really good ideas. My first good idea was I should start a hip hop news site. Th...

Out in the Farmington Valley, if they're not trying to pass laws get bikes off the road, they're actively trying to run kids ov...

The gist of it is that the road will be closed to motor vehicle traffic, but the DOT should created a reasonable option, like a bridge,...

"If I run into you, and you're on a bike, you're dead. My truck, we'll just bounce" Laughter. "They're so stu...

The automobile, a tool invented to safely transport people with all its crumple zones, airbags, seat belts, safety glass, computers and vari...

Dear Wannabe Thug, You oughta stop listening to your friends now. They were egging you on to race me after I almost clipped your ass this ev...

It's not enough that you had to go tearing across traffic and then the wrong way on a one-way street. I was willing to overlook that, ig...