the beat bike blog

The subtitle of our blog is "Riding bicycles in Hartford". We talk about it less and less because, well, we've got a lot of po...

This is the kick-off post for my overhaul of one battered Trek 720. I see a lot of bikes of this vintage around town, and many, if not most,...

So, I guess I'm done with my hiatus. I rode my bike to work yesterday and went mountain biking after work (and as long as they haven'...

I have owned dozens of bicycles, and I have pined for and fantasy-built hundreds more. If someone asks me which is my favorite however, the ...

Best wishes for many happy, healthy and safe miles for you and yours for 2010.

I spent several days in the greater NYC metro area of my youth catching up with friends and family. I drove down since Megabus has eliminate...

Sometimes you don’t want to walk to the bar. Obviously (i hope) driving isn’t an option. I suppose for some reason you may choose not to rid...

Hello, readers of the beat bike blog, I'm going to take a break from this for a little while. I got hit by a car in Farmington last nigh...

Note: You'll likely find less than a jewel of a post, but there is hidden lingual game to play; see how many puns on the word "yule...

So, I went to the basement last night and discovered the bizarrest thing! It was as if I owned some R-Sys wheels . Hello there, A few years ...

View points south in a larger map I've always stared at maps a lot. When I was little, I used to go on a lot of long car trips with my ...

I was introduced to the frightful joy of downhill snow biking in the mid- 90's by my friend Bald Matt in Queens. He had two old mountain...

When you ride a bike in the woods, you're acutely aware of temperature, precipitation and ground hardness- even if you're a crappy m...

I rode down to my local Radio Shack yesterday for a resistor to repair my new old car's speedometer. Philosophically, this was an unple...

When you ride a bike, you often find yourself off the beaten path. And, if you ride in a more urban environment, that often involves being u...