the beat bike blog

I have always disliked Sunday afternoons. They mean finishing homework, driving home, going to bed early, finally shedding bleary eyes...

I unwittingly got an early start on Bike to Work Week with a full-day Sunday work call in South Green. The weather was very accommodating, ...

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...

As a devoted rider of the boardwalks of the Hockanum River, you can imagine how it pained me to be unable to ride them for nigh on three mon...

First off , cuz I gots a p-u-s-s-y you have to disregard all this. It clearly means that I am having a meltdown, and not that I'm a bad ...

I've never written a bike outside, so I'll probably break a rule or two. Pictured here is Dario's Wicked Fat Chance. He got it a...

While my fenders aren't the best, they fend pretty well. When it's above freezing and melting outside, I stay pretty clean. However,...

About a month ago, I got an email from someone named Victoria asking me if I wanted to review soda for the blog. Snow soda to be exact. Sin...

Preface: There were photographers with actual camera mounts for their madly expensive gear, so if you want to see "professional-looking...

WAY BEFORE: No fenders on the everyday bike. Quite often, back of coat or backpack coated in mud. Not unheard of to get some dirt on face, ...

UPDATED THURSDAY, SEPT 4th. NO BIKES LEFT!!!!! all have been taken, but a parts bike missing....parts! thank you to everyone for saving a bi...

cruisin' on my scaperbike!

For the bike commuter the prospect of rain has very different implications than for those who choose to drive to work every day. The automo...

I think there were somewhere around 35 people with a good mix of new faces and regulars as well as everyone in between. Two tandems! One bri...