the beat bike blog

Last fall, Dario, Salem and I had an appointment in Berlin. We rode there by way of Cedar Mountain. While in the spooky woods, we encounter ...

But in a good way! After work, I decided to see if I could go ride on the East Hartford boardwalk. I couldn't, too much snow. I meandere...

I've never written a bike outside, so I'll probably break a rule or two. Pictured here is Dario's Wicked Fat Chance. He got it a...

As a reprise to Wednesday's snow escapades, we met up with another famous Glastonbury mountain biker, Al, headed to the part of the Mesh...

The snow is in a unique state right now. It's deep, but it has a really strong crust. It's so strong that you can ride on top of it,...

Dreary! If you're a sporting enthusiast, times are difficult. The snow is sharp, slippery and painful and covering basketball courts, si...

As you may have heard, the D2R2 now has a more formidable little brother, the Green Mountain Double . It's 205 miles long has 25,000 fee...

So, it would seem that my days of awesome xc skiing will be coming to an end due the bizarre ice crap falling from the sky. It was so great ...

As you might expect, I'm really going after this thing cross country skiing whole hog. Yesterday evening, the Snails ventured forth into...

Fixed gear mountain biking is like regular mountain biking, but harder. It greatly expands one's likelihood of hitting feet on rocks, ro...

The bike rack in the parking lot at the corner of Ann and Pearl Streets was a nice, albeit poorly installed, one. The "Wave" or ...

I bought beatbikeblog.com (hosted here) last week, so the beat bike blog will be around for at least another two years even if no one writes...

So, I guess Hartford isn't the only place that suffers from a lack of snow. I was reading Jill Homer's blog , where she's giving...

This morning's Bikes Outside features a Mongoose MGX locked up in front of an apartment building across the street from the Broad Street...

Above: pigeon, dog, shoe and bike tracks this afternoon in Bushnell Park. I took a short ride today at lunchtime, passing through the park t...

It's a beautiful day today; happy Valentine's Day! Yesterday, Salem and I rode up to Congamond to spectate the NEMBA ice race thingy...

Sometimes when it snows, you decide not to ride your bike and instead stalk a herd of deer through the woods around Cedar Hill Cemetery on y...

Ice floes are awesome. They really elicit that feeling of it being the end of your life and you're being cast out to sea ( even if that&...