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I was eating an omelet this morning, so I was thinking about pedals. The skillet I use the most often is this large Lodge cast iron one....

That stands for Post-Traumatic Detour Disorder, but I kid. The route of this year's De Tour de Connecticut was the same pleasant ro...

Not in New Hartford,  in regular Hartford. The Tim Johnson Ride on Washington rode through Hartford yesterday evening and this mornin...

*** Updated 4/23 with Burnside Ave info session details. *** Ha!  Didn't think you'd read a post with such a purposefully confusin...

Johanna and I hiked the Mohawk Trail this weekend. It's one of the CT blue blazed trails and it used to be the Appalachian Trail unt...

There was a time when El Presidente de Chine used to write about these multi-modal adventures to Bridgeport, wherein he'd get drive...

While spinning around with Brendan after work a couple Fridays ago, I managed to catch a stick between the ground and my shin.  Just minute...

There are lots of anniversaries out there of things, because once something happens, it's got an anniversary. Today, this blog celebr...

Last Thursday, Governor Malloy signed the sweeping gun control bill into law. Some people are angry about it and some people are happy ...

On vacation this last week in Southern Florida I did a good bit of cycling and some canoeing, along with a requisite amount of walking about...

That was my terrible attempt at an April Fool's joke. Even to the eight people who would get that joke, it's not even funny. ...

Is Janette Sadik-Kahn unaware of the Classics? I woke up this morning and learned that the NYC DOT thought that cobblestones were dange...

I was reading on Doug's blog that his leg is better and he is back on the bike in the woods. That's cool. In reading what he w...

Awhile ago, I wrote a short story about an erosion psychologist. I didn't really elaborate on what the job entailed, it was a passin...

Well, almost anything.  And I wish that other things were more open, like Denny's says it is.  Wasn't there a scandal a decade ago w...

A few years ago, I chronicled the secret dirt jumps of West Hartford . It was blog post that featured comments from Damian. Remember th...

On Saturday, I went mountain biking briefly over at Cedar Mountain. The trails there aren't that difficult, but I kept crashing. It...

Ken K is headed for some new digs.  I helped him move a couple of loads yesterday and dropped off a housewarming curb picked trailer.  Ken h...

There are a lot of folks out there that are bike curious, but maybe haven't taken the plunge yet as a full fledged bike commuter.  Maybe...

One time when I was 14, I went snowboarding. My parents got me a snowboard rental, lesson and lift ticket for my birthday. It was prett...

My favorite holiday is Daylight Saving Time. Those naysayers at Wikipedia say this: [Daylight Saving Time] clock shifts present other c...

Who are they?  The skunks.  They are out and about.  It smells funny.  Must be getting on Spring. But that's not what I'm talking ...

The Eel has not been competitive in awhile. That's ok and all, but I think it should return to its speedy roots. The first was no d...

Can you catch the error in this photo? I didn't know what to do with myself today. I went for a bike ride yesterday and it was plea...