the beat bike blog

I don't mean that bike-riding makes us beautiful, although my own sculptured physique may suggest that it does. Rather, bicycling has th...

I don't know why this image quality is so bad, nor do I know why I decided to take a picture of my bike in front prayer flags. I hope no...

One sunny morning last week I took the East Hartford route to work and cruised the riverfront in between crossing two bridges. This is only ...

So this morning I was tooling my way to work from West Hartford when a guy started saying something to me as he drove by. I didn't hear ...

Sprawl is a constant consideration of mine and a frequent topic of the discussions found on this blog. This is for good reason, as many of ...

I was going to write a post about riding at Mr. Washington State Forest this weekend with Johanna, but I just read that George Carlin died. ...

Sprocket Man was a creation of of the Consumer Products Safety Commission, designed to get the kids excited about bike safety (and spandex, ...

I write this as I'm about to drive to Vermont, which is a stupid idea considering the price of gas. Anyway, I just read an interesting a...

Next friday! Meet at Bushnell Park 5:30pm. Leave about 6ish. Print, copy, hand out! Make yer own. Make it happen! don't "Read More&...

After working out some technical difficulties I have finally managed to upload my personal photos for posting and as such now can publish th...

I've been off the bike for the past few days, unfortunately, because my dear wife is away doing research in Nicaragua until Monday the 2...

Hey. Where do you think Hartford needs bike racks? Tell CRCOG! This stuff is actually happening, so it's meaningful. I just got out of a...

I stole this from BikeBlog . It's an article about Barack Obama talking to Bikes Belong about committing to funding cycling and pedestri...

In a decision that flew largely below the news radar and is first mentioned here almost a week after its occurrence, Governor Rell announced...

I was excited to read about a column entitled, Grabbing Idea By The Handlebars . I usually like Rick Green's Column. I like this one exc...

I think Surly makes great bikes . I have one . I cannot condone this , though.

Emerson said something about land ownership being illusory. Water ownership is false too. On Tuesday afternoon I pedaled my Raleigh Grand Sp...

The Farmers’ Market at Billings Forge on Broad Street netted me some tasty cheese and hummus. Here’s Jennifer Cassidy, assistant to Councilp...

Lucky for me, I was able to join two beatbikeblog expeditions exploring some East Hartford and East Windsor riverfront north of the railroad...

So I'm a huge fan of Craigslist. It offers access to all sorts of goodies and services for purchase unhindered by the often inflated pr...

One-legged guy who's inexplicably proud of his Diet Coke? Check. Old dude with two twelve-packs of Corona in a tricycle? Check. We are r...

When I read the above titled article in the Courant I didn't think it really had anything to do with biking in Hartford but the more I t...

It's been really hot lately. This is the thermometer on my thermostat this morning before I left for work at ten after eight. Every wher...

So it was a rather quiet weekend for the AP but that allowed them to take what they had read in our previous discussions about bike celebrit...

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! The internet was broken at my work on Friday, so after repeated, fruitless consultation with tech support, ever...