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Mountain biking in the Hartford area means mountain biking with sprawl. Sometimes, trails you used to ride disappear completely and somet...

At first, I was going yo write a post about this ride I took on Friday in which I crossed a swamp by old newgate prison and then discovered ...

As you've probably noticed, the weather has turned eerily nice. I know that it's spring, but this is beyond those days in the mid 5...

You may recall that Tim Johnson and some other people stopped in Hartford en route to Washington last year . You can even go ride with t...

This has been my theme for the uncommonly warm Connecticut winter of 2011-2012.  Starting with a severely over taxed trailer trundling home ...

When I was in college, I had a job. Actually, I usually had a couple of jobs. So, when spring break came around, I just worked more hours. O...

Tony did an awesome job organizing the screening of Bicycle Dreams last night at the Wadsworth. I mean, to sell out a theater in Hartf...

To keep everyone informed of their opportunity to harm themselves on this years Detour de Connecticut, this is your heads up that the route ...

Some Hartford voters As part of the beat bike blog's ongoing civic engagement initiative, we're reminding you to go vote again....

Today, it was a ride of commuter bikes for people who don't have a job to which they can commute. Also, I put the strava app o...

I'm not much of technical rider, anybody can attest to that. Heck, I can't even ride backwards . Though like people better than ...

I've missed the woods. It's not that I haven't been there. I have ventured into the woods and trails many a time over the past c...

It's like the world is conspiring to turn me into one of those singlespeed evangelists. Just when I think I've fixed everything o...

Apparently, after hundreds of years of oppression, we may be able to buy liquor on Sundays by the end of the year. See here.  I'm no...

I had the slipping freewheel ride on Friday,the lunch with parents and Johanna ride yesterday, and the Ragged Mountain stroll today wi...

  Two inches of wet gross snow fell last night. I didn't want to let that deter me from having fun. So, I put a freewheel on my Col...

As if singlespeeders needed another reason to feel superior, this happened to me today: Luckily, that's a very popular Specialize...

For those fortunate enough to miss past inceptions of the Detour de CT, 2012 offers you another chance to end your lucky streak. But, now i...

If you've ever met Chill Will or me, you know that we're not haircut people. So, you can imagine my surprise when I went to get ...

February 16th State House event to support Intersection Safety Cameras legislation What: Press conference to build support for red light sa...

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, so I had to buy romantic dinner ingredients at Whole Foods in West Hartford. Stop Shop just isn't...

Many are opposed and many are for disc brakes on 'cross bikes. I've ridden a 29er with discs, so I'm assuming it's the s...

Despite the terrible snow storm yesterday, six intrepid men with facial hair, five with old mountain bikes, four who have at one time w...

You may have heard that it is going to snow tomorrow. That will make the ride more fun. 10am Hyland Park on Fairfield Ave. Email me i...

"If I run into you, and you're on a bike, you're dead. My truck, we'll just bounce" Laughter. "They're so stu...

Oops, I did it again, brought another bike home. The real irony here is that I did it to pare down the number of bikes I have. Hear me out...

For the second Tuesday in a row, we had another unseason- ably warm weather forecast, so I went ahead and followed the basic formula that h...

I am tired of getting chased by people's unleashed dogs. For some reason this warmer weather has led some dog owners to think that th...