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2016 is going to be a banner year for sustainable transportation in Hartford.  To kick off the year I am rolling out BiCi Co. news and prog...

First - December 1st is Giving Tuesday.  Consider the Center for Latino Progress and their new project, BiCi Co. when you give back.  Ha...

Last week I had my bike in the basement to wipe off the salt crust and install much needed fenders.  Despite year round commuting, I'll ...

Hardy cyclists riding through the winter have been socializing monthly in East Hartford for breakfast at Maddie's and this month we'...

Don't put your bikes away yet.  Ride them all year long.  It's just a question of appropriate outerwear and lights.  It blows my min...

Ride to the Bike Walk CT Dinner Meetup in Hartford - Bike Ride to CCSU Monday, November 24th Leaving 4:45PM from DEEP near Bushnell P...

Here's a question to get you thinking.  How did you learn to cross railroad tracks at a ninety degree angle?  Did you learn about the sa...

It's that time of year again when folks at work look at the bicycle commuter with a head tilt and ask, "You didn't ride in toda...

This past week is best described as a wintry mix.  Midwest, and the Northeast.  Small towns, no towns, tents in the wilderness, and back to...

Brendan put on a great Eel and there was much bike diversity and trail diversity.  Only at an Eel will there be a Huffy  and a  Peter Moone...

Everyone likes finding things.  Well, finding good things.  Finding things like bed bugs or dog shit on your shoe.  Those aren't good t...

I've been riding studded tires all week.  They sound funny and make me go slow.  I get over the slow going frustration by reasoning that...