the beat bike blog

If you're unmarried, like me, you don't give much thought to your left ring finger. You don't point at stuff with it or don'...

On Sunday, I took a mostly bad mountain bike ride. It rained for most of the time and was super muddy even at the beginning of the ride befo...

Well, not really. It just happens to be one of my favorite stories in Dubliners , along with "Eveline". As egos are an important p...

View keney stuff in a larger map On Saturday, my job impelled me to chill in Keney Park , which is fine because I love chillin in Keney Par...

On Friday, I rode half of the metacomet epic and met a turtle.

I'm not going to lie: I don't like ATVs. As a mountain biker and periodic hiker, I don't see the need for a engine to get throug...

Once, awhile ago, I was supposed to see Belle & Sebastian in Northampton with this friend of mine. We bought tickets about a month in ad...

Dear internet, I have a question. On the road, tire pressure is easy. It says on the side of the tire what you pressure you need. Off the ro...

Your intrepid and wool-clad Cat 3 racer went back into the woods last weekend at Winding Trails in Farmington and came out with not just soc...

As you know, people in the Hartford area cannot drink tap water right now without injesting rotifers and copepods . Boiling water, as presc...

I am house/baby sitting this week for my parents, so I'm riding from Avon to Hartford. 10 miles is a nice length. Also, your favorite Ca...

Dear reader, it's been some time since that nonsensical post about fish and parties last week, so you're probably assuming that one ...

I'll admit it's not the most fascinating news, but the parking lot at the West Hartford reservoir has changed. The big dirt parking ...

This is more of a question out to those who read this and mountain bike. I know that you're not supposed to ride during the spring thaw ...

All weekend I was terrified about the over-hyped snow storm that showed up yesterday. Not so much because I was worried about whatever it i...

While our brave blogging brother was getting ready to speak to truth to power on Saturday, I went mountain biking. I had to feed my parents...

With the exception of that Soil Saloon thing in San Francisco and Highbridge in New York, urban mountain biking is pretty lame. Hartford m...

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