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The following just showed up in my inbox.  The topic is near and dear to your heart, and it's an opportunity to show up on a damn bike a...

Bill SB 103 now in Transportation Committee: AN ACT REQUIRING BICYCLISTS TO RIDE SINGLE FILE ON A PUBLIC ROAD . We need a united action to p...

The automobile, a tool invented to safely transport people with all its crumple zones, airbags, seat belts, safety glass, computers and vari...

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&...

My Jenny would have been the perfect conversation starter if that's what I was looking for at this year's PRIDE. She got a lot of lu...

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...

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...

Obviously, we here at the beat bike blog are far too skilled and extreme to ever ride on rail trails. We're not so skilled and extreme t...

I wonder if he rides the "Portland" so he can always be representing his district. After Sunday's ire-inducing Face the Nation...

Horses are weird. I try not to let my job and this blog overlap very much, but sometimes, I think this place is a good sounding board. Beat ...

Alright...so we messed up in joining the Hooker Day Parade on Sunday. We had a plan, we had a theme idea . I was in Vegas, Joel found him...

I would totally ride this drunk. A co-worker and fellow cyclist, Jennifer, brought something to my attention today. She is an Asylum Hill re...

I stole this from BikeBlog . It's an article about Barack Obama talking to Bikes Belong about committing to funding cycling and pedestri...