the beat bike blog

I picked it up this morning. My very own pre-owned portable repair stand. Every young man's dream. I met up with the seller in Bristol a...

Not sure if any of you heard about the sink hole yesterday , but that right's where the Hockanum Trail is that I've talked about lat...

Last Sunday, Salem & Peter Waite organized a ride off into the hinterland off towards Lake Pocotopaug. It was fun, friendly and ended wi...

Riding up Main Street in East Hartford today it seemed I had unintentionally engaged in an fabulous race with a transit bus (which I'm p...

Interstate 70 finds a way through the west side of the mighty Rockies via Glenwood Canyon , a beautiful drive many of us have prolly made dr...

I have been wrenching on a lot of vehicles lately. A few good friends of mine have had parts fail or wear out on their bikes and cars in the...

For some reason, I've had a hard time picking up the blogging machine and writing an entry. It's not like I've been avoiding my ...

...and a pretty broad, flat tail as well. I was riding back down through Hartford this afternoon on my trip home, and after crossing the bri...

People often complain about the bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the Hartford area. I generally disagree, though I generally disagree w...

Living on the east side of the river, as I do, and living in a town without a bike accessible bridge, as again I do, I make frequent use of ...

So, I want to do this compendium of urban mountain biking in and around Hartford. I don't really have anything coherent yet, but I found...

Chances are, there's an election for you today.

I tend to fall in routines. I eat at a lot of different restaurants, but I almost always order the same thing at each respective place. The ...

Turnout for the October Critical Mass ride was light compared to last year, but we still had a decent-sized group ready to go at Bushnell Pa...

Hartford is cooler than Seattle any day of the week.

Tomorrow evening, join us for the Halloween edition of Hartford's monthly Critical Mass ride. Meet up in Bushnell Park at the Carousel ...

With the help of digital photography and insomnia, I present to you a few of my pictures from Sunday's race. First of all, mad props to ...