the beat bike blog

I don't know if anyone still reads the beat bike blog, but if they do and read it awhile ago, they may recall that I used to write...

Back in May, I went for a bike ride and ended up in this weird network of dirt bike trails north of Day Hill Road in Windsor. It was pre...

I have prided myself on not falling out of boats. Once in ninth grade, I was trying to flirt with this girl from East Granby. We were bot...

Well, almost anything.  And I wish that other things were more open, like Denny's says it is.  Wasn't there a scandal a decade ago w...

I had the slipping freewheel ride on Friday,the lunch with parents and Johanna ride yesterday, and the Ragged Mountain stroll today wi...

I still have no idea why I got involved in this, but I'm nearing the final throes of my first semester of law school. The New York Ti...

You may have noticed that on the right there are two links to the NOAA sites about the CT and Farmington Rivers' activities. You shoul...

Hartford was largely spared by Hurricane Irene. The Park River is underground, so downtown didn't float away. The Farmington Valley di...

While Salem was attempting to visit Hartford in the most difficult way possible yesterday, I decided to go out to Farmington to race on what...

Honestly, anytime I venture into Farmington, I am surprised by its existence. That's how far from my daily consciousness the place is. A...

Flooded rivers, within reason and without property damage, are cool. Rivers are cool to begin with, but when they go over their banks and st...