the beat bike blog

AAA (the American Automobile Association) has not generally been known as an ally of cyclists. They've lobbied against bike infra...

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...

Brendan accused us of not blogging.  Perhaps we've been riding too much?  Such thing as too much riding? Before we start, I wanted to ...

I think some early beat bike blog post was about a coworker and me wondering around downtown, marking spots on the sidewalk and then making ...

Just a short errand ride this morning.  My route was prescribed by the unnoticed ejection of my cable lock the night before while riding ho...

The ride from Hartford to New Britain for the annual Bike Walk Connecticut dinner could have been worse. But, it could have been much easie...

While riding home in the rain from school with a pannier full of books, cat litter (unused) and groceries, in addition to a 12 pack of Mi...

I think cyclists fall into three camps when it comes to moving things by bike: bag on bike, bag on person or basket. And, then there are som...

In the spirit of the Red Sox, I also had a completely bootleg opening day for cycling. Now, it's not that I stopped during the winter. I...

It was the discussion of banana portaging that grabbed my attention while reading Bike Snob NYC yesterday, but the part of his post that ha...

The bike rack in the parking lot at the corner of Ann and Pearl Streets was a nice, albeit poorly installed, one. The "Wave" or ...

I've seen this hardtail on Pratt Street dozens of times. It's one of the regulars at the ornate iron fence in front of the late, lam...

With my recent trip to Oregon came all the excitement and uncertainty of plunking myself down in a completely unfamiliar place. I knew I wou...

Not all outings threaten to mangle ye olde she-taint. Today's ride was simple -- a very familiar, somewhat short ride to my garden. Anot...

Biking in the rain provides many surprises, especially when one is loath to check the meteorologists' predictions for the day. Needing t...

This time it's macaroni and cheese. So, anyway, I've decided that I'm not really in favor the Windsor bike path because it invol...

Thank you Lance Armstrong. Since I'm a dork, I have an alert setup with nytimes.com to send me articles tagged with "bicycles"...