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Our own Ben Bare and some other jokers were prominently displayed in the Courant's story with video accompaniment today about Ride Your...

When I returned from the airport the other night after returning my awesome rented Toyota Yaris, it was dark and pouring rain. But I'm a...

As you know, people in the Hartford area cannot drink tap water right now without injesting rotifers and copepods . Boiling water, as presc...

So today is Earth Day, and even though for folks like your beat bike bloggers, who love bikes, nature, public transportation, and all that g...

We're not DC, but we've got some pretty blossoms of our own in Bushnell Park: Also, never buy anything from wheelworld.com. I tried ...

The weather is finally breaking and the infernal wind seems to actually be cooperating this week. I know the event is mentioned on our side...

Everyone everywhere has been talking about this, so in case you haven't seen it yet:

As an avowed Northeast liberal, I subscribe to Harper's Magazine . Generally, the stories are about places far away from here, because c...

It slipped right by us and we didn't even notice (or have a party): the beat bike blog turned 1 year old last Friday. I could say that w...

Here's a picture of some old train cars on a track. You can click on the picture and see a larger version. If you read the newspapers, y...

Remember how I was talking about the river being flooded? It isn't any more, but I don't even have to go near it anymore to find out...

I am house/baby sitting this week for my parents, so I'm riding from Avon to Hartford. 10 miles is a nice length. Also, your favorite Ca...

We, as bike people, are supposed to get mad about this. Michigan State may have beaten my alma mater at men's basketball, but it appears...

In case you were wondering if the Connecticut was still flooded, it is. It crested and is receding now. See? I suppose picture number 1 is t...

Behind the scenes at the beatbikeblog, we have been collaborating on a custom map. It is a work-in-progress, so if you have any suggestions...

Dear reader, it's been some time since that nonsensical post about fish and parties last week, so you're probably assuming that one ...

When I lived in Somerville, Mass., I commuted by bicycle fifteen minutes to Cambridge (technically, a Somerville-to-Cambridge commute could ...

In case you were worried, the koi in the Bushnell Park pond survived the winter and are just as large as ever. Also... don't forget this...

Obviously, we here at the beat bike blog are far too skilled and extreme to ever ride on rail trails. We're not so skilled and extreme t...

As mentioned below, I recently had the singular pleasure of an early-morning jaunt to the storied, airport-dominated burgh of Windsor Locks ...

As those who know me know, car ownership has of late become my bete noir. First, my beloved old Corolla gave up the ghost. Then I shopped fo...

This is recreation in another state. This is barely related to riding a bike in Hartford, but... The City of Hartford is hiring part-time re...

Last Friday I caught a glimpse of what seemed to be the Space Shuttle driving down Duval Street. The spacecraft was a little smaller than ex...

It's a shortcoming of our blog that none of the writers are women. I don't think this is so much because we've actively tried to...

I'll admit it's not the most fascinating news, but the parking lot at the West Hartford reservoir has changed. The big dirt parking ...

This is not my wheel as Webshots currently won't allow my pictures to load into the blog!! So I picked up a new road bike recently. Due...

This is more of a question out to those who read this and mountain bike. I know that you're not supposed to ride during the spring thaw ...