the beat bike blog

Hard to ride on. When you ride a bike, you try to strike a balance between the efficient way and the interesting way to get somewhere On Fri...

I almost had a deeply philosophical ride last night, but it started raining and I lost my train of thought. On Saturday, I almost had a deep...

I like my family and I like to ride my bike. Since the Mayor, pursuant to §2-391(D)2 of the Municipal Code, gave City employees like myself ...

Thursday was Veterans' Day. To honor the Vets, CT-NEMBA sponsors a ride. I did it last year at Grayville and I did this year's at ...

As much as I love Vermont, driving six or seven hours in one day is a lot of work. So, I stayed in Connecticut. There was a 'cross race ...

Would you drive up to Vermont this weekend for the Circumburke ? While only 26 miles, it sounds like an awesome back country race. I know so...

I did lots of things this weekend and now I'm going to tell you about them. The parts of cyclocross that are exciting on a bike generall...

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...

63xc.com is a cool website, even if it's defunct. It went dormant right around when everyone started riding fixed gear things, whic...

At times, I've considered getting rid of my car. I don't drive it very much and I have pay for its upkeep, taxes & fees, attempt...

The MDC's public hearing on the future of recreation on their (our) lands was last night. Unsurprisingly, everyone who spoke was in favo...

Lots of emails have been flying around email distribution lists that involve trails and land lately, so you've probably already heard ab...

First day of summer! Yay! In its honor, we should go mountain biking. So, meet me at the Reservoir in the rt. 4 parking lot around 5:30. It&...

MDC trail access advocates have launched a new site where you can learn more about efforts to fight threats to public access to the reservi...

I rode my bike a lot this week, but the quality has been sliding the last few days. Yesterday, it was the weather and today, well, it was th...

I'm sure people assume that I'm always pro-bike path. I'm in favor of most bike paths- old railroad right of ways, separate bike...

Look! I put a giant tire on my bike and made it very heavy. And outfitted it with some big cranks and a king cage. Deluxe!

If you read the Courant, check out Rick Green's column today . It takes a much dimmer view than the positive rumors I've been hearin...

Firstly, Johanna & I were riding to get some Mexican food from the West End last night. When we passed through Pope Park, we saw deer. T...