the beat bike blog

This morning finds the roving Bikes Outside eye between the State Armory and the Legislative office building. While these structures are bes...

Honestly, anytime I venture into Farmington, I am surprised by its existence. That's how far from my daily consciousness the place is. A...

Brendan informed us a month ago that biking is now legal in city parks. Have you been exercising your rights? There have been more bicycles...

Today was the monthly Bike to Work event, and from what I hear, the only one scheduled for the year. Finding this hard to believe, I read ov...

People who live in central and western Mass seem to be good at riding bikes. To figure out why I'm going up there this weekend. Well, no...

I don't really like themed rides. Actually, I'm pretty sure I don't like Critical Mass. None the less, I was asked to lead Hartf...

I have been back in Hartford for less than one day as I type this, having spent the past three weeks taking classes at United Bicycle Instit...

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...