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As you know, I like Vermont. This past weekend I was up there once more, though perhaps the last time for a little while. Courant columnis...

Bye Bye Summer... Installed me some racks to hang up my "yellow swimsuit" (Maillot Jaune) and mountain bike. To then I realize how...

Nothing like Salem handing my ass back to me on a hill climb.  He did just that on our way up Soapstone Mountain yesterday.  Did I mention h...

While riding home in the rain from school with a pannier full of books, cat litter (unused) and groceries, in addition to a 12 pack of Mi...

So the folks that read this blog are all hearty, gritty, and occasionally jaded cyclists (mostly bike commuters) of metro Hartford, but that...

It's the beginning of Fall, we clean up the river. I'm not sure why we've developed this tradition, but I think it's a good ...

I missed it, but Tony told me whilst riding this weekend: the DOT approved a plan to put a sidewalk for for bikepeds (bipeds? biceps?) on...

Every year I have a birthday and yesterday was it. So, Tony, Dario and I rode out into the wilds of Burlington, canton and new hartford. I...

*** Tony C guest posting a quick jot from Ebian. Hoping this is the start of many posts that Ebian will be contributing. *** After seeing th...

I was riding to and from Arbor Street the other evening on my one of my favorite streets in Hartford: Pope Park Highway nr. 4. Across th...

There are municipal primaries today in 22 Connecticut towns. I voted in Hartford by bmx ballot. The poll workers look lonely. I was voter...

As I'm no longer a worker and now a student, I was worried that all these books would prevent me from riding my bike. In the first tw...

I think we've given Paul Bato enough free press without even mentioning the name of the victim, William Laramee, whose name has been spe...

the courant has this large photo of the suspect here. the courant story that Tony posted says the cyclist he killed was riding home ...

Found a disturbing article in the Courant this morning.  This guy pretty much captures the pure essence of a Douche Bag.  Stay safe out ther...

This morning, I headed out on the cargo bike to run some errands, starting with a trip to the DMV office in Wethersfield to renew the lapsed...

You may have noticed that on the right there are two links to the NOAA sites about the CT and Farmington Rivers' activities. You shoul...

Hartford was largely spared by Hurricane Irene. The Park River is underground, so downtown didn't float away. The Farmington Valley di...

Cool guy with a cool jersey. The D2R2 is getting super popular. Almost 1,000 people signed up and despite Hurricane Irene, it appeared t...

There must be some symbolism.

As you know, Hartford does not have "cool" fixed gear movies like Mash sf or, uh, Empire. I've often thought this is because...

Like most days, Dario and I rode down to the Meadows. On the way home, like most days, I wanted to pick up some Miller Lite. We were retur...

Cedar Mountain Time Tonight, 7:00 PM at Newington Town Hall (131 Cedar St), please embrace your limited opportunity to stand up for Ceda...

Johanna is my wonderful girlfriend. For a time, between the ages of 16 and 23, I didn't really ride my bike much at all. I don't r...

Today was a good day.  Work was productive, which is rare these days.  Then a short satisfying stint at the Hartford Y doing some literacy v...

I haven't seen that movie, " Another Earth ", but I saw a trailer for it when I saw "Tree of Life" (and I didn...

I rode a lot this weekend--up to Whately, MA Friday afternoon, D2R2 100 mile loop on Saturday (to put it succinctly, it was long), and back ...

Once again, I was in Vermont. I rode around, finding exciting woods roads on top of mountain, ancient settler roads (and a nice man named Wa...

We've been having some turbulent weather lately, but when a late July ride in CT includes building a snowman, that's just getting to...