the beat bike blog

Many people did not ride today because it was too cold. Some other people, like Brendan and I, did, and you know, we had a great time. I w...

When I switched from Cat 3 (Beginner) to Cat 2 (Sport) in mountain biking this year, I was happy that I didn't have to wake up so early ...

So, with rare mechanical skill, I installed some Deore XT Dual Control lever/shifters on my Stumpjumper and ran new cables. I didn't thi...

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...

A blog entry without pictures is like a day without sunshine, but it's dark with precipitation right now, so I'm going for it. In pr...

So, how does this sound for Eel #4? Sunday, Dec. 13 at 11am we meet in Bushnell Park. We follow this route. It won't be a race, but poi...

I moved to Maine. I live in a town where I, come to think of it, haven't seen very many people riding bikes. I went in to a bike shop a...

The motley crew as an uptight rent-a-cop was trying to kick us out of Constitution Plaza! Well, thanks to the cold and the earlier rain, we ...

So, perhaps is this of interest to my Grandma, because she's in Pompano Beach. I won't be able to make it down over the weekend. You...

Johanna is looking at cars in East Windsor where all the used cars and auctions are. This morning, I joined her for some test driving. We pa...

Sometimes I feel like the things I write about in the beat bike blog are just boring rundowns of my week. I don't really have insights o...

[please imagine a witty flyer of some sort is this here space. perhaps a street full of turkeys riding bicycles and drinking tropical drinks...

"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God." -Kurt Vonnegut I've always been fond of both that quote and peculi...

Today I joined the US Marine Corps sponsored Toys for Tots ride in Agawam, MA. Eventually, I will learn to post these events BEFORE I do th...

Yesterday, I went down to Cheshire Park for the Cheshire CX. Last year, I was getting over a cold at this race and it was brutally cold and ...

I picked it up this morning. My very own pre-owned portable repair stand. Every young man's dream. I met up with the seller in Bristol a...

Not sure if any of you heard about the sink hole yesterday , but that right's where the Hockanum Trail is that I've talked about lat...

Last Sunday, Salem & Peter Waite organized a ride off into the hinterland off towards Lake Pocotopaug. It was fun, friendly and ended wi...

Riding up Main Street in East Hartford today it seemed I had unintentionally engaged in an fabulous race with a transit bus (which I'm p...

Interstate 70 finds a way through the west side of the mighty Rockies via Glenwood Canyon , a beautiful drive many of us have prolly made dr...