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The Park River comes up a lot when people talk about Hartford. Some people want it to be unearthed and visibly go through Bushnell Park aga...

Today, I present to you one of my least favorite bike components ever: The welded-together triple crankset. I hate these for a couple of rea...

I'm not going to attempt to take credit for the term "expedition speed", but I'm going to do all that I can to propagate i...

So we are in the middle of a halfway through the winter warm week, what better time to announce the next Ice Bike Breakfast brought to you b...

I often stop to gawk at bikes locked to the bike racks and fences of Hartford and beyond. When talking bikes with friends, it's common f...

An appointment near our city's northeastern corner ended earlier than expected, giving me a few extra minutes to enjoy the ride to my ne...

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This past Tuesday evening found me in the grand environs of The Bushnell for the Bicycle Friendly Communities Symposium. The CCBA email I h...

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...