the beat bike blog

Hey! Don't forget that we're going to be cleaning up stuff up on Saturday down at the confluence of the Park & Connecticut River...

Johanna and I tried to do some mountain biking today, but it didn't go very well because I thought it'd be a cool idea to ride witho...

A friend of mine was in need of transportation. Like many carless Hartford residents, this young man, whom I shall call Squiggy for no real...

I received a text message late on Friday from a blogging brother, Joel AKA Billy Hoyle. Little did I know, but he was in Durango during the ...

I am starting to suspect that fast food and bicycles should not be mixed, though, most likely, the the problem is just the fast food! After ...

I'm not all together certain. It was my 26th birthday yesterday and I went for a bike ride on the old singlespeed. It was the first time...

Tomorrow, I turn 26 and you what that means: I have to get a new drivers license. So, this morning I went over to the DMV in Wethersfield. T...

Wavy rim requires Many twists of the spoke wrench Truth is now beauty Building my new ride Odd, oversized parts require Trips to the tool st...

Friday was supposed to be a good day. I had taken one of my furlough days. At 10, I was supposed to go over to the Urban League and learn mo...

Even when he goes to his depressing London office: Update! I was unlocking my bike outside Bin 228 last night (because I'm fancy) and th...

If you live around Hartford or in it, you may have heard about the Get Motivated! seminar at the Civic Center today. Joe Montana, Laura Bus...

I have an affinity for the oddballs, orphans and survivors of the mechanical world. With bicycles, that means things that never sold well (p...

So, it's the midst of Hurricane Dan, there was a mountain bike race in Ashford at the June Norcross Boy Scout Camp . Though it must be ...

Weird crimes involving bikes in the Courant lately: Man Charged With 1999 Hartford Murder Homicide Probe In Hartford Focuses On Injured Bicy...

That title above should read something like; Being critical of the lack of a mass in Columbus, Ohio. It was surreal. Freaky. Inexplicable. S...

Any ride starting at 12:20am at the North Main Street entrance to Keney Park is pretty much expected to be interesting. I left Babaganush...

It was wonderful being back in da 'beat for a week; especially all the late night bike rides with friends i miss dearly. I forgot what k...

I finally got around to fixing my bike ahead of the Norcross Scurry on Saturday and in the process I was thinking about the weirdness of pa...

So, I have unilaterally decided that the beat bike blog is going to participate in the CT River Watershed Council's Source to Sea Cleanu...

Editor's note: I some how managed to delete the top couple of paragraphs of this post when I was adding the picture. So, I shall try to ...