the beat bike blog

A guest post from Dario about the D2R2, because I wasn't there to see how it was: The ride couldn't have begun better. Sandy Whi...

I'm trying to get my head around the behavior of  cyclists in Connecticut, or perhaps this is a larger New England phenomenon.  The situ...

In a previous post, I waxed on about the overwhelming bicycle packed weekend approaching in September .  In this post I'll break it down...

Salem and I rode up to Massachusetts yesterday. We felt that it was a pretty expressive ride. We felt marginally protected by the Const...

Before: My bike was oh-so-sleek. It seems my heavy hoisting ways have caught up with me, in the form of a pair of inguinal hernias. Thi...

At one point, I was a man who had nothing made by Campagnolo. Then, I bought this old raincoat off of eBay. Now that I'm rich, I...

In the last two weeks, I've gone through the sidewalls of four tires. Can this be explained? Two weeks ago it was Maxxis Xypher (roa...

 Appalachian Gap. No pictures of Lincoln Gap, my camera wouldn't work because it was too steep. I've been a delinquent here, b...

When do you make connections?   In the shower.  Under pressure.  While meditating.  Mile 60 of a century. I think we all have different spac...

Victor Pacheco is a cool guy. You may have noticed some of his murals on and around Park Street, his giant guiro and tables at La Palo...

Sad?  Resigned?  Bored? Freedom or security? Day of the Dead Ambling around the less traveled Hartford by foot and by bike, one ...

I know that votes were tallied and it said I was supposed to go ride the D2R2 again this year despite my dithering. However, I'm too...

*** The  RAW Real Ride  has been rescheduled for Friday July 19th.  Similar timing, but there won't be fireworks.  The fireworks are on ...

Glimpse of a bear. Just discovered that my phone makes animated gifs if you take the pictures in rapid enough succession.   I went for...

Because if you can't, that's okay.  Regardless, I'll be riding around on Friday,  July 19th looking at notable urban ar t.  Hart...

Dario took the bait and here is the responding guest post.  Let's roll this idea around a bit more. *********************************...

I used to go out a lot. I'd go to events, I'd go to bars, I'd go to parties and I'd go to other things. Then, I started r...

I was struck by the Wallace Stevens stanza while perusing Real Hartford's latest photos of the Asylum Hill neighborhood.      O thin ...

The following just showed up in my inbox.  The topic is near and dear to your heart, and it's an opportunity to show up on a damn bike a...

Critical infrastructure in Vermont. Joel came up with this cool idea a few years ago of an annotated bike map for the Hartford region...

D2R2 is coming up again. Should I ride it? I can't decide. I haven't been paying to ride things so far this year. I haven...

Rolled around this morning, through the Southwest corner of Hartford.  Up through Cedar Hill Cemetery and by the huge Tilcon quarry.  Poked...

I lost the 8mm adaptor for my multi tool the other day and I was bumming. I emailed Pedro's and they sent me a new one free of charge. T...