the beat bike blog

(i haven't been able to get a good photo of a bus with bicycles in it. so here's a sign on Southard Street and Flemming Street. good...

Saturday, Saturday, it’s a Saturday. 5 whole days of work and one whole day to play De La Soul knew what was up, but my pedicab shift on Sat...

I heard about Quarry Park in a Courant article and somewhere else. This former hill, a rocky one, is where Rocky Hill got its name. The art...

While our brave blogging brother was getting ready to speak to truth to power on Saturday, I went mountain biking. I had to feed my parents...

This morning, my dear wife dropped me and my Xootr off in New Haven before heading off to Providence to visit friends, so I could attend a p...

With the exception of that Soil Saloon thing in San Francisco and Highbridge in New York, urban mountain biking is pretty lame. Hartford m...

For all the myriad porn wonders the internet has to offer, there really is no substitute for good old craigslist. I just love it, and can&#...

I've done some hard thinking. I've asked smart people some questions. I've looked at a calendar. Now's it's for real! Th...

Life is wonderful! I’m poor as hell, but so is most everyone else here right now. After pedicab shifts several of us walk across the street ...

Since America has presidents, America has holidays for its presidents. I get those holiday days off from work. So, over the last six days, ...

Everyone who knows me pretty much agrees that I am a dedicated bike rider. I ride in snow and rain and cold and wind (also, heat and gloom o...

So just as so many of us are embracing more traditional bicycle technologies; including but not limited to steel frames, fixed-gear drivetra...

Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. I love love. If you love love or love your love and are wondering what to him with him/her, here...

There is no characteristic that inheres in beer or bikes suggesting that the consumption of the former is in any way tied to the riding of t...

My trusty new cell phone, with a functioning camera (I'm not ready for a real one yet), and I rode around a bunch this weekend. As you ...