the beat bike blog

No its not a Tour de France team support car, its what your car looks like when you go on vacation and cannot be away from your bike for eve...

Who said the Beat Bike Blog doesn't treat you right, baby? You thought the Wear Your Rubbers race this Saturday was going to be blood, s...

A post at www.commutebybike.com (which, as the name suggests, is a blog about sous chefs), argues that there is too much emphasis in the U....

I like the idea of cops on bikes. It makes good sense for an urban environment, where bikes are often the fastest and most versatile way to ...

So while about 90% of the time I get lost while riding it can be attributed to google maps telling me there are roads where there are not a ...

Whenever I try to take a picture of a trail, it doesn't look like a trail. It just looks like some rocks. I haven't subscribed to a ...

The beatbikeblog’s day by day, play by play calendar for a mad busy week of great events. Wow. Summer is in full MF’n effect! Lots going on,...

Every blog post deserves a picture, even if it is unrelated to the content of the post. So here is a picture of a billboard for Super Duper ...

We're always singing the praises of bike-riding here at the Beat Bike Blog ('cause it ain't the Meat Bike Blog, you know?), and ...

Hey - remember how Manhattan Portage sent us some free bags to review and enjoy? Well, they're sending along another to be a prize in ...

I didn't use one of these to move furniture. Would people have respected me more if I did? I didn't get to ride much this weekend be...

I missed the CCBA general meeting last night due to a work shift, but there is much going on the next few days...the next week actually! Che...

I established a sweet homestead last weekend at the beach for four days and nights and had a wonderful procession of friends drop by for a n...

I use my bicycle for transportation around the city and the 'burbs. If I am not mindful of the roll of the wheels, the rush of wind pass...

The first indignity is entirely my fault. I was hungry yesterday before I wanted to go mountain biking, so I decided to cook myself a quick ...

Someone on Hartford craigslist is selling this patent-pending item called the Gravity Dropper Seatpost. From the description, I glean that ...

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 ...