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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...

I would definitely stop riding if I had to ride this thing. The venerable Bikesnob NYC once queried about what would make a cyclist stop rid...

Cold bike! Also, have I used this picture before? Not having a camera is forcing me to do a lot of recycling. Now that it's been cold fo...

This is a thought-exercise I think of just about every time I pass through this intersection. The above Microsoft Spy Satellite photo show...

Bullseye! I picked up this happy little fellow in my front tire about a half mile from the office this morning. The wheel held its air to g...

I moved to Fairfield Ave and slept there for the first time last night. Thus, this morning I had my first new commute . Yt's pretty much...

Monday evening, I got out of work a little after 6 pm and was riding my usual route on Tolland St. in East Hartford. I was thinking about h...

Karma's recent post along with his excellent photos of the new road markings in West Hartford got me wasting a perfectly good Monday ev...

I took this picture shortly after composing this post which discussed an incident in which a bicyclist was hit at the intersection of Boule...

So while some of us are tried to follow the political maneuvering related to the $700 billion bailout, or rescue package recently passed, ma...