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First of all, and most importantly, I just want to say thank you to everyone who came out yesterday afternoon to participate in Critical Mas...

What is Xootr, you ask? Only the coolest bike company in the whole wide world, as far as I am concerned. They make the Swift , the folding b...

So the day has finally come. As the anticipation has built over the four weeks I almost didn't think the day would finally arrive. B...

Here is a picture of a guy on a bike waiting for a drawbridge to close. You can click on it to see a larger version. One free beer for the f...

There is no photographic pixels or sound recordings of last Friday’s Happy Hour in downtown where G-Money, Hardcore (visiting from Hotlanta)...

I have only recently recovered from the adventures of happy hour til last call on Friday night and that’s not yet a full recovery mind you! ...

After having my folding bike stolen and learning that my insurance wouldn't cover it, I hatched the idea of becoming a sponsored bicycle...

As our thousands of loyal readers may remember about a month ago we had a multi-installment segment on symbiotic bike and train travel as se...

As of last week (in the wake of the theft of my beloved folding bike), I began traveling on Metro-North with a full-sized road bike - not ju...

Johanna and I went to Vermont this weekend: This is not Savoy Mountain State Forest. This is some regrettable deforestation in Glover, VT. O...

I know we're the Beat BikeBlog, but I want to mention something bike-related that's happening in New Haven on Monday that everyone s...

Ride of Silence. Lightening, thunder and downpours of cold rain didn’t deter nine riders from meeting in Elizabeth Park yesterday and riding...

Apropos of nothing, here is a picture of an old tandem that used to live in my yard. Enjoy!

grease your chains y’all cuz its gonna be a wet week and there’s much going on in the city. Progressive Happy hour at Kenny’s (red rock) 9:3...

In yesterday's New York Times, beard-having liberal Paul Krugman mused about why we Americans can't give up our cars: He says it...

( Photo by Meaglin, of WikiMedia Commons .) As the post below this one makes clear, I am lately deprived of the pleasure of my folding bicyc...

Sad but true. I drove to Waterbury on Saturday with my beloved folder in the trunk, planning to take the bike on Metro-North down to NYC so ...

CCBA Bike Everywhere Bike to Happy Hour. friday, may 16th I’m going to cut to the chase here, and give props ASAP to the core group that lau...

$65 tanks of gas, every week. Boy it hurts. But the sprawling suburban country is not giving up its addiction to the car without a fight. Ac...

bike week in da beat. its on and poppin’. been mad busy. no time for sleep. check the bike everywhere BIKE TO HAPPY HOUR event today, Friday...

Well, I was excited to be the first to post about Bike To Work Day (I mean, the official one; y'all know that e'ery day is Bike To W...

its sooo nice outside! don't be a fool...ride a bike! Wednesday, May 14: Bike to Dinner Lena's at 5:30pm. 2053 Park Street, Hartfor...

A nasty thing has happened on the past two days on the way to work. Yesterday, I watched a woman vomit while crossing Marshall Street and to...

The Mark Twain House to the Spigot, a 25 mile ride? yep, if you do it Brendan's way via Avon's Rails to Trails! Check the ROUTE. Ou...

From San Fran - the bike capital of America, I post this treat: From Matt Smith's SF Weekly Piece about sharing the road : "What I ...

I know that this is something interests many of us: I'm invited to a meeting next Wednesday to discuss where the City is going to use it...

Critical Mass Movie Night at Alchemy/The Green Vibration The CCBA Bike Everywhere Program and Alchemy Present: Movie Night tonight at 7pm. ...

Ever been blown away by a track bike? My first ride on a track bike recently flipped my lid, kid. I'm going to mix some metaphors here,...

OK, so technically it was the Four-Borough Bike Tour for me, because I broke from Team Hartbeat and joined with Team Brooknam (me, Chris, an...