the beat bike blog

I went on the CTNEMBA RAW @ MDC WH Res, or the Connecticut Chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association's Ride After Work at the...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-10-bike-counters_N.htm through a friend of a friend i got interviewed for this story and then a ...

If you live in the Hartford area, ride a mountain bike and read the paper, you've probably been following the story about the $2.9 mill...

I got my Stumpjumper back with its new headset and was excited to take it for a ride. I went up to Granville State Forest . I think the Hart...

When you live somewhere for awhile, you figure out the cool ways to get around- on foot, bike, car, canoe, etc. This usually works because y...

If you don't lock it up, everyone's gonna take it for a ride. This Schwinn was left, apparently unlocked, in the randomly asphalted ...

As you may or may not recall (or care) two of the most worn-out parts on the old Trek were the wheels. This bike originally came equipped wi...

Ok. It's certainly not the hardest trail in the world, because I don't think anything the reservoir is. In fact, a google search rev...

So the CCBA is now Bike Walk Connecticut, with a focus on advocating and educating. Checking out their webpage it is pretty clear that the ...

I've been getting a lot of use from my Mountainsmith backpack lately. The other evening, it made easy work of picking up a 700c wheel fr...

I'm not that good at working on my bikes. My Stumpjumper needs a new a new headset, so I bought one awhile ago, a Cane Creek S-8 . I hav...

Today, April 26, is Fredrick Law Olmsted's birthday. He's responsible for making Hartford's parks awesome. At Keney Park today w...

This morning 's bike outside is a Breezer seen locked up outside of the Legislative Office Building on Capitol Ave. While this step-thro...

I've been sort of derelict in my blogulatory duties lately. Perhaps my interest in blogging waning. Perhaps I'm a crappy writer. Per...

My long Easter weekend began by waking up at four a.m., possibly still drunk, to pack for Jersey. It is of little concern that I don't b...

This Monday's bike outside brings us to the Center for Urban and Global Studies on the Trinity College campus. This setting is the epito...

After all the hassle surrounding my attempt to purchase a headset locally, the one I ended up with still didn't fit (the fork crown r...