the beat bike blog

The subtitle of our blog is "Riding bicycles in Hartford". We talk about it less and less because, well, we've got a lot of po...

I am starting to suspect that fast food and bicycles should not be mixed, though, most likely, the the problem is just the fast food! After ...

Return of the Scorcher is one of the movies on a Ted White DVD, which also contains the more talked about, We Are Traffic. WAT is a great d...

It is with regret to write about the memorial services for Allan Williams whom i met through the CCBA and all the work he did for the organi...

I could have sworn that these meetings were already held last year or something, but this just arrived in my inbox: Don't miss the upcom...

There's a rally today at the Capitol for bikes (don't know about the riders) from 12:15 to 1:15. It's in support of SB 735, an ...

(i haven't been able to get a good photo of a bus with bicycles in it. so here's a sign on Southard Street and Flemming Street. good...

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) was on Face the Nation Sunday morning and had some thoughts about the need to quickly pass a &qu...

The big one! The OG ride. Wow! After traveling, camping, exploring, and enjoying abundant sunshine and redwoods in northern Cali for two mon...

A lot of you know that I'm originally from Western/Central NY State. Buffalo, despite being the butt of many a joke is the city that I...

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day for a wonderful event here in Hartford. I have no idea what the turn-out was this year, but from a...

The Sandpit of Death before last week's gorilla clean-up! I will replace with an up-to-date photo manana. The first BBB post about The S...

There was some discussion on this blog last month about the overall driver/biker viewpoint-rift that exists which is demonstrated specifica...

before the clean-up! after the clean-up! This is the Sandpit of Death if you are riding a bicycle on the pedestrian sidewalk and bridge conn...