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So, I wasn't lying in my last post about going to Massachusetts for Johanna's brother's wedding in Lenox, MA. I really went and ...

People who live in central and western Mass seem to be good at riding bikes. To figure out why I'm going up there this weekend. Well, no...

I went on the CTNEMBA RAW @ MDC WH Res, or the Connecticut Chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association's Ride After Work at the...

If you live in the Hartford area, ride a mountain bike and read the paper, you've probably been following the story about the $2.9 mill...

I got my Stumpjumper back with its new headset and was excited to take it for a ride. I went up to Granville State Forest . I think the Hart...

Ok. It's certainly not the hardest trail in the world, because I don't think anything the reservoir is. In fact, a google search rev...

I've been outside as much as I can muster lately, but it's not really leading to anything to write about. You go outside, it's n...

I don't what it is this, but starting late last summer and into this year, I've started finding all sorts of new singletrack. Maybe ...

First off, I want to thank Ms. Longstocking for bringing such controversy to our blog. We love it! The East Coast Greenway is a big deal, ev...

I love daylight savings time a lot. It's shame that today was so dreary and overcast, because it'd still be nice and light outside. ...

It's a beautiful day today; happy Valentine's Day! Yesterday, Salem and I rode up to Congamond to spectate the NEMBA ice race thingy...

Ice floes are awesome. They really elicit that feeling of it being the end of your life and you're being cast out to sea ( even if that&...

First, if you can't get enough of us on our poorly written blog, several beat bloggers and our friends are going to be on the Colin McEn...

I'm not going to attempt to take credit for the term "expedition speed", but I'm going to do all that I can to propagate i...

When you ride a bike in the woods, you're acutely aware of temperature, precipitation and ground hardness- even if you're a crappy m...