the beat bike blog

two posts in a day, kickass!!!!! brendan rocked it with the cross race and it looks like it will be a feature in the future as well with the...

Hartford's motto is post nubila phoebus , which means "after the clouds, sun". I suppose that's true pretty much everywher...

In addition to my new kitty, Alina, something has been keeping me awake: Sunday's 'cross race. You may recall Eel 1 , when people sh...

Johanna and I got a new kitty, who's about eight weeks old. She's a Russian Blue and much cuter than a bike. I'm thinking that I...

The weather is turning nasty and yesterday I got a really wet butt riding home. This was unacceptable. I've been trying to wrestle the b...

So, I saw this video of a downhill event in the slums of Rio. The course looks cool, but I'm wondering if any of these residents were as...

So, in middle of an epic ride (kidding) my shifter broke on my Stumpjumper. It answered the question what the rattling was in the shifter/b...

>I don't want to get shot this weekend. Once again, I'm returning to Vermont. I don't usually go during hunting season. VMBA ...

Art and I went over to Riverside Park last night for some kibitzing about the course. I think we successfully incorporated both of our ideas...

Thanks to everyone who came by on Saturday to help clean up the river. Isn't it impressive how there was a break in the rain that lasted...

I've never lived anywhere other than Hartford County. I started in West Hartford, then lived in Avon and now I'm in Hartford. I supp...

Hey! Don't forget that we're going to be cleaning up stuff up on Saturday down at the confluence of the Park & Connecticut River...

Johanna and I tried to do some mountain biking today, but it didn't go very well because I thought it'd be a cool idea to ride witho...

A friend of mine was in need of transportation. Like many carless Hartford residents, this young man, whom I shall call Squiggy for no real...

I received a text message late on Friday from a blogging brother, Joel AKA Billy Hoyle. Little did I know, but he was in Durango during the ...

I am starting to suspect that fast food and bicycles should not be mixed, though, most likely, the the problem is just the fast food! After ...

I'm not all together certain. It was my 26th birthday yesterday and I went for a bike ride on the old singlespeed. It was the first time...

Tomorrow, I turn 26 and you what that means: I have to get a new drivers license. So, this morning I went over to the DMV in Wethersfield. T...

Wavy rim requires Many twists of the spoke wrench Truth is now beauty Building my new ride Odd, oversized parts require Trips to the tool st...

Friday was supposed to be a good day. I had taken one of my furlough days. At 10, I was supposed to go over to the Urban League and learn mo...