the beat bike blog

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The title of this post is borrowed from David Ringquist, the former President of the Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance.  CCBA was the pr...

For anyone who knew Paul Hughes or is interested in showing support after this loss to Bloomfield and the cycling community I've added t...

I was thinking about heading over to Fishers Island for a weekend to visit a friend working in a summer seasonal job.  It looks like the Fi...

Bike to Work.  Bicycle skills.  Dinner and Bikes.  The next couple of weeks brings a critical mass of bicycle based activity and I'll be...

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 ...

Spring is in the air.  Tires are springing leaks, falling victim to the unswept glass shards that are indistinguishable from left over rock...

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Chris Brown's argument on the motion to dismiss in Brown v. Redeker  and the hearing on the mandamus was today. As you can imagine,...

As you know, in violation of a hearing officer's order, the DOT decided to close Flower Street in Hartford to all users of the str...

I work across the street from the amazing engine of development that is Goodwin College and regularly take the short walk from Pratt & ...

There in fact was a cyclocross race in Colt Park this past Saturday.  Supposedly there is another cross race in Cheshire this weekend , and...

But did we stop riding?  No.  We did not stop riding. It's pretty time. In doing my part to extend fair weather cyclists and commut...

This past weekend was a veritable orgy of bicycle events , with a heavy dose of walkable community .  Then this week while wandering by the ...

In a previous post, I waxed on about the overwhelming bicycle packed weekend approaching in September .  In this post I'll break it down...

The following just showed up in my inbox.  The topic is near and dear to your heart, and it's an opportunity to show up on a damn bike a...

Had the opportunity to chat with Colin McEnroe on Thursday afternoon .  Oddly they decided the conversation was interesting enough that it...

The CT DOT held a public info and comment session this past Tuesday to present the planned road diet for Burnside Avenue (AKA Rt 44).  Ther...

*** Updated 4/23 with Burnside Ave info session details. *** Ha!  Didn't think you'd read a post with such a purposefully confusin...

While spinning around with Brendan after work a couple Fridays ago, I managed to catch a stick between the ground and my shin.  Just minute...