the beat bike blog

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...

I can tell that Spring is almost here, because I've seen some the sprouts of some flowers pushing up through the mud, but it's not i...

We've been having weird weather lately. All of my typically visited spots are wet and gross, because in Hartford we're in some kind ...

I realized last week that I'm not sufficiently zen. I was once, when I did a book report on The Cat Who Went to Heaven. I made this boa...

I've got nothing profound to write about, but I went down to the Great Meadow and the rocky hill and took some pictures yesterday. Also,...

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...

I just read this article in today's Times about a bizarre prison program in France that involves cycling. While the article doesn't...

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...

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 ...

Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. I love love. If you love love or love your love and are wondering what to him with him/her, here...

Lucky for me, I was able to join two beatbikeblog expeditions exploring some East Hartford and East Windsor riverfront north of the railroad...

Bridges and mud and gin and juice. Well, as my esteemed blogging collogue mentioned; last Tuesday night was all about the bridges. Unknown t...