the beat bike blog

Things start to happen when the voters and organizations in Hartford demonstrate that they are a coordinated group with agreed upon goals.  ...

If you've been following the blog posts while I was bicycle touring the US ( list of posts ), you'll already know that a community ...

Before - Dead? Yesterday was a fabulous Summer Saturday in Hartford.  I spent most of the day transforming my crushed touring bike back ...

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

So, I was at this conference at Yale over the weekend. I had originally wanted to go by bike, because I like the ride down to New Haven...

  Broad and Farmington today   The Broad Street Problem   Broad Street looking northward Broad Street has a well-earned reputatio...

Salem and I rode up to Massachusetts yesterday. We felt that it was a pretty expressive ride. We felt marginally protected by the Const...

I have a New York Times alert for things about bikes because I'm a dork. Lately, it's about been about a bike race in France. For aw...

When the time comes to honor those who served and those who fell serving our country or state, Hartford has parades and processions. When th...

Between the beautiful weather, holiday weekend, and a wedding featuring a gorgeous couple, I was grateful that we decided to bike to Elizabe...

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