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We all think bikes are pretty - that's why we're bike nerds. But now we can emerge from the shame and shadows of bike fetishization ...

carol's sweeeeet flyer...thank you!!!!!! Come burn off all that yummy food you ate the last two days! Hartford's wintertime critical...

Friday, December 5th marked the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the glorious 21st amendment to the US Constitution, and an end to 24...

I was lucky enough to be able to visit a few friends in Oakland and San Francisco last month and get some good drinking done. Two of the gre...

Even for a secular Jew like me, this time of year instills thoughts of charity, generosity, and general hot-chocolate-by-roaring-fire good w...

With plenty of help, I recently built my My First Fixie®. El Prez hooked me up with an old Raleigh Pursuit frame (eighties vintage?), compl...

As promised , there was snow riding on Friday night. Joel valiantly attempted to come, but the bus from Windsor wasn't running (and ridi...

Ride on, patriot. Today's snow event makes this the ideal time to post this. If the ad embedded below isn't my most favorite commer...

He's not riding the wrong way. This photo is from the BBC. When you take drivers ed in the snow belt regions of the northeast, you rece...

Our three regular readers have come to expect a high caliber of content here at the Beat Bike Blog. Because a blog isn't just a bunch of...

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 ...

check this out: http://www.greenlightride.com/ got the link from the great ones who run bikehacks.com what do you guys say, should we set up...

Photo credit to *Denise* on Flickr. I resurrected the old Stumpjumper for a ride at the Reservoir last night. The surprisingly warm mid-Dece...

i was in brooklyn over the weekend and exchanged christmas gifts with one of my oldest friends. actually, with this gift he has pretty much...

Two nights ago I had to run to the bank at about 10:00 at night. The moon was full, the air was crisp and clear, and it was truly a joy to b...

Ho ho ho! As you may know, NORAD tracks Santa . I was watching their video of Santa flying and was surprised to see him take off from a sma...

My knee is feeling better, thanks to everyone who had advice. Although, it seems to be the inserts for my shoes that Johanna gave me that di...

I saw a guy walking down the street today having this problem. Over at urban compass, Robert Cotto writes about that New Haven to Springfiel...

Since Brendan mentioned his waning optimism about the promise of bike racks on existing parking meters in the 'Beat, I thought this wou...

Cold bike! Also, have I used this picture before? Not having a camera is forcing me to do a lot of recycling. Now that it's been cold fo...

suck factor was pretty high today heading directly into that north wind down franklin ave. but it was worth it to see the car drivers starin...

This is Maine, but their snow is similar in composition to ours. We got our first snowfall of the season this morning. The South End was loo...

Here's a link to Adam Bulger's 2007 story about Recycle Bicycle, the bicycle recycle program for kids in New Britain. Bulger's...

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Friday, December 5th marks the ...

Making fun of craigslist and its posters' poor judgment, poor understanding or supply and demand, and poor command of the English langua...

This is a thought-exercise I think of just about every time I pass through this intersection. The above Microsoft Spy Satellite photo show...

I rode tonight at the reservoir. While I think the temperature was mostly in the 35-40 range, the area by the dike near 44 was below freezin...

The big one! The OG ride. Wow! After traveling, camping, exploring, and enjoying abundant sunshine and redwoods in northern Cali for two mon...

The 1983 Bronco got 27MPG on the highway. Not too shabby. I'm sure many of you have seen the "SUV SUX" bumper sticker before. ...

this post is a special shoutout to my extraordinarily cool brother, admiral skreed. the admiral was extremely generous in offering to deliv...

None of this really answers my question. For about a month, I decided to take up running. I think it was Johanna's idea for me to do thi...

This is a cool rock found at Gros Morne National Park. This morning while I was showering I had this idea to write a really deep post about ...

If you find yourself in the Elm City (a.k.a. Pistol-Wavin' New Haven ) today or tomorrow, swing by Devil's Gear II, on Audubon betwe...

As I slowly become acquainted with the practices of more serious cyclists - the sort who refer to the clothes they wear while riding as thei...

One of the great things about this velocipeding we so enjoy is that it provides so many options. You can crash through the woods on your mou...

Picture stolen from crankfire: http://www.crankfire.com/galleries/picture.php?imageid=3949 Photo credit to Jay! Those of you who rode The E...

My cold went away, so I raced today. Since I'm not very good, I didn't do that great. I didn't get lapped (no one was being pull...

I found a reference to our local Central Wheel in an article about professional bike fitting in the New York Times today. Unfortunately th...