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This bulging tire needs a boot! Not really.  So far Louisville is fine by me.  On my first day of the return ride from Santa Claus, IN t...

The best part of bike touring is hanging out.  Stopping and spending time.  Taking in the scenery.  Breathing and enjoying the current mome...

Winter is Connecticut has arrived.  That said, so what?  It happens every year and doesn't take that much ingenuity and gusto to figure...

Editor's note: I have always been a big fan of Stone Field Sculpture. Some of my earliest memories of Hartford are of me climbing u...

The Hockanum Trail is still a bit wet. This past weekend was an explosion of cyclists getting back out on the road after a long winter ...

Victor Pacheco is a cool guy. You may have noticed some of his murals on and around Park Street, his giant guiro and tables at La Palo...

Sad?  Resigned?  Bored? Freedom or security? Day of the Dead Ambling around the less traveled Hartford by foot and by bike, one ...

Open letter to folks that like to have fun, Get off your ass and ride both these great events in Hartford happening within a week of each ...

So.  Tomorrow evening (Friday, June 29th) I'm going to ride around Hartford and nearby environs to peruse some choice graffiti.  ...

Guest Post from a new Purveyor of Downtown Bicycle Culture: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<...

It's been awhile since there's been art to look at on Arbor, but it's coming back. See here: By then we will have passed into Su...

Iconoclasm . We've all had it. Announcing the next CATALOGUE: Saturday, February 26, Kevjn Kelly, Iconoclasm 56 Arbor Street Hartford, C...

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...

Artist Ted Efremoff and company's Bread Cycle Works Project began this past march in a vacant lot on Broad Street . Join them this Satu...

I won't actually be able to attend, but I encourage everyone else to go to catalogue this weekend: Hello All Hello Autumn, Announcing ou...