the beat bike blog

Well, Brendan kinda threw down the gauntlet a couple posts ago, asking, "What the hell is up with your laziness, my fellow beatbikeblog...

I hope the complete bridge looks like this. There's an editorial today in the Courant about the Salmon Brook Bridge I keep talking about...

This is not Johanna's Masi. At Will's behest, here's a fuzzy recap of the July 4 alley cat that went around Hartford. Things st...

So, I was reading through our venerable blog this afternoon and it made me glum. Back in May and June we were posting constantly. Often, we&...

Wow. Blue Shutters Beach is a long ride from Hartford! But a super short ride from Burlingame Campground...which makes me happy! really happ...

El Presidente de China recently loaned me a piece of schwag he received in his new role as unofficial Xootr/Manhattan Portage outreach guy. ...

So, I was riding my bike down Farmington Ave this morning. It was pretty pleasant, no one was driving strangely. Then, a red Jetta that was ...

If you're in Hartford or Bridgeport, the sort of cyclist you're most likely to see is utilitarian in the extreme: riding a squeaky, ...

Great news for those of you who want to cross the Salmon Brook bridge! I just received this email from the Farmington Valley Trails Council:...

Its Wednesday! Delivery day! ARRGG! i wanna go back to sleep. My kayaking trip got rained out yesterday, so i got to drive into work this mo...

The sweet, light rain really cooled things off a bit before blue skies began appearing along with the sun. Mother Nature appears to be down ...

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...