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I know that everyone is switching to stainless steel water bottles and canteens now because plastic will kill you. Will gave me a stainless ...

Today's weather was the best I've seen this year in Connecticut, so I put some new tires on my road bike, gave it a lube job, and he...

On Saturday, we had The Eel 2. I don't know why it has taken me this long to post the results. Turnout was slim, but those who didn'...

Ok, I am ready for more snow IF i can trade the snow for a brief break from the wind. Franklin Avenue is a wind tunnel on the best of days ...

Kids today! They always want everything to be very new. In my day, we rode plodding three-speeds in which even the highest gear was essentia...

While the headline above is also applicable to romance and warfare, I am speaking, of course, of bicycling. In particular, I must urge that ...

Unnamed sources close to The Eel have leaked these photos: Just kidding! Anyway, the weather is supposed to be awesome tomorrow. Come down ...

This is awesome. You can read the rest of the story here , but nothing holds a candle to the awesome picture. (Driver is ok). It is not awes...

All weekend I was terrified about the over-hyped snow storm that showed up yesterday. Not so much because I was worried about whatever it i...

Why do new things please us, while old things seem so, you know, old? You get some new sneakers (or a new purse, or scarf, or ipod), and for...

As you may recall, I live on a corner, so I have sidewalks on two sides of my house. One of these sidewalks connects to the street and to an...

Our loyal reader will no doubt recall my early winter enthusiasm for the snow. There were hill-bombing adventures, late-night reservoir jaun...

I guess I should have remembered to take pictures of people instead of only my bike looking sad by the Arts Academy. It's been the same ...

First, and most important to those who love donuts or doughnuts, Tastease Donuts has sold 500,000 donuts and on Friday, March 6 they're ...

(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...