the beat bike blog

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...

An appointment near our city's northeastern corner ended earlier than expected, giving me a few extra minutes to enjoy the ride to my ne...

The subtitle of our blog is "Riding bicycles in Hartford". We talk about it less and less because, well, we've got a lot of po...

So, I guess I'm done with my hiatus. I rode my bike to work yesterday and went mountain biking after work (and as long as they haven'...

I was introduced to the frightful joy of downhill snow biking in the mid- 90's by my friend Bald Matt in Queens. He had two old mountain...

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...

While 50 or so people did some exciting driving in Shelton yesterday, only three decided to participate in the fourth Eel. The overriding t...

It is supposed to be nasty and disgusting tomorrow (Eel 4 day). I would like to go for a ride, but I don't want to catch my death. I'...

If you live around here, you probably noticed that it snowed. Not very much, just a 1" dusting at most it appears, but there's alwa...

This is awesome. You can read the rest of the story here , but nothing holds a candle to the awesome picture. (Driver is ok). It is not awes...

All weekend I was terrified about the over-hyped snow storm that showed up yesterday. Not so much because I was worried about whatever it i...