the beat bike blog

Yesterday, I went down to Cheshire Park for the Cheshire CX. Last year, I was getting over a cold at this race and it was brutally cold and ...

For some reason, I've had a hard time picking up the blogging machine and writing an entry. It's not like I've been avoiding my ...

I tend to fall in routines. I eat at a lot of different restaurants, but I almost always order the same thing at each respective place. The ...

Hartford is cooler than Seattle any day of the week.

I've got a couple of pictures now. I've also got some by Luis Cotto on picasa . CCBA has them on facebook . Here are some taken by C...

Hartford's motto is post nubila phoebus , which means "after the clouds, sun". I suppose that's true pretty much everywher...

In addition to my new kitty, Alina, something has been keeping me awake: Sunday's 'cross race. You may recall Eel 1 , when people sh...

Johanna and I got a new kitty, who's about eight weeks old. She's a Russian Blue and much cuter than a bike. I'm thinking that I...

Art and I went over to Riverside Park last night for some kibitzing about the course. I think we successfully incorporated both of our ideas...

I received a text message late on Friday from a blogging brother, Joel AKA Billy Hoyle. Little did I know, but he was in Durango during the ...

While I'm glum that Josh is no longer writing in these parts and that we're got some personal turmoil floating about, I'm not go...

Since America has presidents, America has holidays for its presidents. I get those holiday days off from work. So, over the last six days, ...

Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. I love love. If you love love or love your love and are wondering what to him with him/her, here...

I hate that Death Cab for Cutie song called "The New Year". So, we're deep into 2009 and there hasn't been a post yet, so ...

Photo credit to *Denise* on Flickr. I resurrected the old Stumpjumper for a ride at the Reservoir last night. The surprisingly warm mid-Dece...

My knee is feeling better, thanks to everyone who had advice. Although, it seems to be the inserts for my shoes that Johanna gave me that di...

My cold went away, so I raced today. Since I'm not very good, I didn't do that great. I didn't get lapped (no one was being pull...

Looks like fun, huh? I don't have any pictures of the run up. I bought a used Raleigh cyclocross bike off of ebay a few months ago to he...

Does anyone know if they still hold that 'cross race in Southington? I've decided I want to shiver and do poorly in a new kind of ra...