the beat bike blog

So, in middle of an epic ride (kidding) my shifter broke on my Stumpjumper. It answered the question what the rattling was in the shifter/b...

As part of my comprehensive D2R2 training plan, I went to the hills of the north. Well, sort of. Part of my comprehensive training plan invo...

I know that everyone is switching to stainless steel water bottles and canteens now because plastic will kill you. Will gave me a stainless ...

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...

Ho ho ho! As you may know, NORAD tracks Santa . I was watching their video of Santa flying and was surprised to see him take off from a sma...

Photo credit to someone who actually ran the marathon. This weekend was Columbus Day weekend as well as the running of the Hartford Marathon...

The Beat was well rep’d this past weekend by a hardy group of current and former Hartford peoples converging in the rotten apple in what was...

It looks I'm the first one who gets to write about the 5boro thing that was yesterday. Here goes: On the whole, it was fun. I'd neve...

I'm not hardcore enough to ride my bike during my lunch break. However, I am hardcore enough to take a walk during my lunch break. I did...