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When you nail a pothole that should have been fixed five years ago and wonder who to complain to (besides your friends and at The Beat Bike ...

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

Semi-apropos to my post earlier, since I rode under the Putnam Bridge on my way to the ferry. That fellow at the DOT wrote back to those of ...

I unwittingly got an early start on Bike to Work Week with a full-day Sunday work call in South Green. The weather was very accommodating, ...

I like my Mondays oppositional. Read this and feel the same way.

Public hearing season is almost done and there's one more recreational liability bill up for a hearing, this time it's before the ju...

The Tim Johnson ride on Washington for Bikes Belong is underway. As the word got out and the first of many related emails began to cram my...

So, the Tim Johnson thing roles into town tomorrow. If you're interested in riding with Tim, you can start in Boston tomorrow at 8am. Or...

Normally, riding with Tim Johnson is tough. He's really good at cyclocross and we're not. Or at least, I'm not. However, at the ...

While automobile accidents remain the #1 killer of les enfants , I am unaware of any progressive legislation that would ban minors from ridi...

I used to have AAA . And for awhile, I'd totally recommend them. You get discounts on stuff, maps, triptics (triptychs? triptologies? di...

Exhibit A: Genderfuck bicycle. Note the bold fuchsia paint job that is paired with a deep blue crate. Exhibit B: The font is bubbly, scri...

American exceptionalism and auto-centric culture go hand-in-hand. These foolhardy beliefs make me want to get back to investigating handleba...

The MDC's public hearing on the future of recreation on their (our) lands was last night. Unsurprisingly, everyone who spoke was in favo...

If I had not read recent blog posts here on Beat Bike Blog or at CT Confidential by Rick Green , I would have had no idea there was any c...

Today was the monthly Bike to Work event, and from what I hear, the only one scheduled for the year. Finding this hard to believe, I read ov...

This Monday's Bikes Outside takes us back nearly a week to Elizabeth Park's Pond House for last Tuesday's annual CCBA dinner. T...

We're not on bicycles in droves because we're afraid we will muss our hair or get raped in a dark alley. I don't really believe ...

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...

This past Tuesday evening found me in the grand environs of The Bushnell for the Bicycle Friendly Communities Symposium. The CCBA email I h...