the beat bike blog

I'm squatting.  On this hashtag - #HartfordCyclocross.  Look.  There it is on Beat Bike Blog.  First.  Nobody can Columbus that.  Except...

Since I live here, I ride in Hartford a lot. It's not really new and interesting any more. Last night, diverging my usual form, I we...

My ankle is still bothering me, so when I went up to Vermont this past weekend I spent most of my time plumbing instead of riding my bike...

I was reading on Doug's blog that his leg is better and he is back on the bike in the woods. That's cool. In reading what he w...

Awhile ago, I wrote a short story about an erosion psychologist. I didn't really elaborate on what the job entailed, it was a passin...

Brendan properly celebrates America's Saturday by bailing before the good parts of a fixed gear century (or so).  I'll finish t...

As you know, I like Vermont. Since there was no winter, mud season ended early this year and Johanna and I decided to go up there. That ...

Many are opposed and many are for disc brakes on 'cross bikes. I've ridden a 29er with discs, so I'm assuming it's the s...

Brendan and I headed out for a mixed media ride on Saturday.  Starting out down Main Street East Hartford, some a-hole driving a Porche Caye...

As I think some blog post stated, I am no longer a bureaucrat and am instead a law student. The books are heavy and are taking a toll on m...

My Passat was a car to be reckoned with. It had five gears, four cylinders, a turbo charger, leather seats, an aluminum skid plate that coul...

I doubt that anyone reads this blog closely enough to recall my last foray up Mt. Hor . Willoughby State Forest is a big old state forest ne...

The tulips bloom for my puttanesca. The Spring floods still haven't abated for us. Look at this forlorn snail as he dares to cross the S...

I live in the end of Hartford with giant grinders . I try to follow suit by putting giant tires on my bike. A little more than a year ago I...

The Connecticut River is high . NOAA is saying intense things (IN ALL CAPS and spelling "officials" wrong) like this: THIS IS A SE...

While we didn't get a Nor'easter of snow in Hartford, it did rain and was kinda gross. No one else wanted to ride with me on Friday ...